The Cambridge introduction to theatre and literature of the absurd / Michael Y. Bennett.
The Cambridge introduction to theatre and literature of the absurd / Michael Y. Bennett.
The Cambridge introduction to theatre and literature of the absurd / Michael Y. Bennett.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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G 2016/151
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English
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Physical content
x, 163 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: overview of the absurd -- Martin Esslin's the theatre of the absurd -- Setting the stage -- The emergence of a "Movement": the istorical and intellectual contexts -- Samuel Beckett -- Beckett's notable contemporaries -- The European and American wave of absurdism -- Post-absurdism? --...
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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England
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
Michael Y. Bennett's accessible Introduction explains the complex, multidimensional nature of the works and writers associated with the absurd - a label placed upon a number of writers who revolted against traditional theatre and literature in both similar and widely different ways. Setting the movement in its historical, intellectual and cultural...
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The Cambridge introduction to theatre and literature of the absurd / Michael Y. Bennett.
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Cambridge introductions to literature
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/151
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74VKzz3GkzrA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzz3GkzrA
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ISBN
1107635519 (paperback)
9781107053922 (hardback)
1107053927 (hardback)
9781107635517 (paperback)
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809.204
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991023441569702626
