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Stage fright : modernism, anti-theatricality, and drama / Martin Puchner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Puchner, Martin, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Drama.
- Drama--19th century--History and criticism.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While offering an alternative history of modernist theater and literature, Puchner provides a new account of the contradictory forces within modernism.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I - The Invention of Theatricality
- Chapter 1 - Richard Wagner: The Theatocracy of the Mime
- Part II - The Modernist Closet Drama
- Chapter 2 - Stéphane Mallarmé: The Theater in the Closet
- Chapter 3 - James Joyce: Novel and Drama in Ulysses
- Chapter 4 - Gertrude Stein: Four Saints in Three Acts- A Closet Drama to Be Performed
- Part III - The Diegetic Theater
- Chapter 5 - William Butler Yeats: Poetic Voices in Theatrical Space
- Chapter 6 - Bertolt Brecht: The Theater on a Leash
- Chapter 7 - Samuel Beckett: Actors in Barrels and Gestures in the Text
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7776-8
- OCLC:
- 70727097
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