A History of Modern Drama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krasner, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

LITERARY CRITICISM / General.

Local Subjects:

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

LITERARY CRITICISM / General.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama.Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and offering original interpretationsIncludes coverage of non-English works and traditions to create a global view of modern dramaConsiders the influence of modernism in art, music, literature, architecture, society, and politics on the formation of modern dramatic literatureTakes an inter

Contents:

A History of Modern Drama; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I: Trauma Drama; Chapter 2 The Price of Freedom; Chapter 3 Unhinged Subjectivity; Chapter 4 Aboulia; Part II: Modernist Beginnings; Chapter 5 Rising Symbolism; Chapter 6 Rising Expressionism; Part III: Realism; Chapter 7 Rural Realism; Chapter 8 Urban Realism; Chapter 9 Optimistic Passion; Chapter 10 The Campaign Against Earnestness; Part IV: Dissociated Sensibility; Chapter 11 Distorted Modernism; Chapter 12 Lyrical Modernism; Chapter 13 Sentimental Modernism; Part V: Avant Garde

Chapter 14 Eros and ThanatosChapter 15 Robots and Automatons; Chapter 16 Farce and Parody; Part VI: Epic Modernism; Chapter 17 Gaming the System; Part VII: The Divided Self of American Drama; Chapter 18 Illusions; Chapter 19 Delusions; Chapter 20 Dreams; Chapter 21 Gender; Chapter 22 Race; Part VIII: Hell Is Other People; Chapter 23 The Farce of Intimacy; Chapter 24 The Tragedy of Intimacy; Part IX: Modernist Improvising; Chapter 25 Beckett Impromptu; Part X: Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-26835-3

9786613268358

1-4443-4373-4

OCLC:

774491901