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Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Michael Y. Bennett
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Description for Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Hardcover. Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd, which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ANB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.
Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230113381
SKU
V9780230113381
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About Michael Y. Bennett
Michael Y. Bennett is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA, where he teaches courses on modern drama. He is the author of Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd (2011/2013), Words, Space, and the Audience (2012), and Narrating the Past through Theatre (2012). He is the editor of Refiguring Oscar Wilde's Salome (2011); and the co-editor of ... Read more
Reviews for Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
"Michael Y. Bennett's new book, Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd, is an ambitious text fifty years in the making . . . [It] is a terrific first book. Bennett's bravery in challenging the theoretical canon is a great example to follow." - Journal of Modern Literature "In Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, ... Read more