Theater of the avant-garde, 1890-1950 : a critical anthology / edited by Bert Cardullo and Robert Knopf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cardullo, Bert.

Knopf, Robert, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--20th century.

Drama.

Experimental drama--History and criticism.

Experimental drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This critical anthology of avant-garde drama offers comprehensive coverage of that distinctively twentieth-century tradition. It includes the full texts of sixteen important plays, each preceded by a historical-critical introduction and followed by an essay, often written by the playwright, that elaborates on the dramatic and aesthetic issues raised by the play. Cardullo and Knopf, in making plays and documents of the avant-garde available in one collection for the first time, underscore the place and importance of the movement. In a provocative general introduction to the book, Bert Cardullo traces the history of the avant-garde tradition and argues for a revisionist history of modern drama that would acknowledge the innovative contributions of the avant-garde. The anthology, which presents examples of French and Russian Symbolism, Italian Futurism, German Expression-ism, and Dada-Surrealism, as well as work by such seminal figures as Jarry, Strindberg, Artaud, and Kandinsky, illuminates the astonishing daring of these writers from many Western countries and diverse theatrical movements.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Editors' Note

En Garde! The Theatrical Avant-Garde in Historical, Intellectual, and Cultural Context

I . Franco-Russian Symbolism

2. Pataphysical Theater

3. Intimate Theater/Chamber Drama

4. Correspondences

5. Italian Futurism

6. German Expressionism

7. Dada

8. The Theater of Pure Form

9. French Surrealism

10. The Theater of Cruelty

11. Russian Oberiu

12. American Dada and Surrealism

13. The Theater of the Absurd

General Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-513) and index.

ISBN:

9786611731243

1-281-73124-2

0-300-13304-9

OCLC:

923591278