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The Theater of Arthur Adamov by John J. McCann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCann, John Joseph.
- Series:
- North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; 13.
- North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures : Essays ; 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adamov, Arthur--Criticism and interpretation.
- Adamov, Arthur.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : U.N.C., Dept. of Romance Languages : [distributed by the University of North Carolina Press], 1975.
- Summary:
- First recognized with the likes of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco as a defining figure at the forefront of the "theater of the absurd," French playwright Adam Adamov had a fairly prolific career, writing twenty plays between 1947 and his death in 1970.Now, although he has fallen somewhat into obscurity, John J.
- Contents:
- Cover
- THE THEATER OF ARTHUR ADAMOV
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I. THE INTERIOR-HELL PLAYS
- L'Invasion
- Le Professeur Taranne
- Comme nous avons été
- Les Retrouvailles
- CHAPTER II. THE POLICE-STATE PLAYS
- La Parodie
- La grande et la petite manæuvre
- Le Sens de la marche
- Tous contre tous
- CHAPTER III. A PERIOD OF SYNTHESIS
- Le Ping-Pong
- Paolo Paoli
- CHAPTER IV. THE POLITICAL PLAYS
- lntimité
- Je ne suis pas Français
- La Complainte du ridicule
- Les Ames mortes
- Le Printemps 71
- CHAPTER V. THE SOCIAL PLAYS
- La Politique des restes
- Sainte Europe
- M. le Modéré
- Off Limits
- Si l'été revenait
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEXES.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: p. 164-165.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4696-3757-X
- OCLC:
- 1080551903
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