Krasner A History of Modern Drama, Volume I

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4374-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 528 Seiten, E-Book

Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything fromIbsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-partcomprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movementsthat comprise modern world drama.
* Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connectingthemes and offering original interpretations
* Includes coverage of non-English works and traditions to createa global view of modern drama
* Considers the influence of modernism in art, music, literature,architecture, society, and politics on the formation of moderndramatic literature
* Takes an interpretative and analytical approach to moderndramatic texts rather than focusing on production history
* Includes coverage of the ways in which staging practices,design concepts, and acting styles informed the construction of thedramas

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krasner, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements ix
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Part I: Trauma Drama 33
Chapter 2 The Price of Freedom 39
Chapter 3 Unhinged Subjectivity 80
Chapter 4 Aboulia 109
Part II: Modernist Beginnings 137
Chapter 5 Rising Symbolism 145
Chapter 6 Rising Expressionism 158
Part III: Realism 167
Chapter 7 Rural Realism 171
Chapter 8 Urban Realism 178
Chapter 9 Optimistic Passion 182
Chapter 10 The Campaign Against Earnestness 189
Part IV: Dissociated Sensibility 193
Chapter 11 Distorted Modernism 195
Chapter 12 Lyrical Modernism 203
Chapter 13 Sentimental Modernism 210
Part V: Avant Garde 215
Chapter 14 Eros and Thanatos 217
Chapter 15 Robots and Automatons 226
Chapter 16 Farce and Parody 229
Part VI: Epic Modernism 235
Chapter 17 Gaming the System 237
Part VII: The Divided Self of American Drama 259
Chapter 18 Illusions 265
Chapter 19 Delusions 275
Chapter 20 Dreams 281
Chapter 21 Gender 289
Chapter 22 Race 293
Part VIII: Hell Is Other People 301
Chapter 23 The Farce of Intimacy 307
Chapter 24 The Tragedy of Intimacy 315
Part IX: Modernist Improvising 325
Chapter 25 Beckett Impromptu 327
Part X: Conclusion 349
Notes 351
Index 389

Über Autor(innen)

David Krasner is Associate Professor at Emerson College. His publications include A Companion to Twentieth-Century American Drama (ed., Blackwell, 2005), American Drama, 1945-2000: An Introduction (Blackwell, 2006), and Theatre in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology (ed., Blackwell, 2008).