Irony and the modern theatre / William Storm.
Irony and the modern theatre / William Storm.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N809.2918/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Irony personified: Ibsen and The Master Builder; 2. The character of irony in Chekhov; 3. Irony and dialectic: Shaw's Candida; 4. Pirandello's 'father' - and Brecht's 'mother'; 5. Absurdist irony: Ionesco's 'anti-play'; 6. 'Ironist first-class': Stop...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- DRAMA / General
- Ironie
- Toneel
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Summary
"Irony, in its contrariness, has gained a reputation for indeterminacy, for being all but ungraspable except perhaps in the most traditional contexts of wittiness, paradox, the assumption of an opposite, or a perspective of stylish but world-weary commentary. Irony in the more complicated view can now be confounding, a perspective that has become m...
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Irony and the modern theatre / William Storm.
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Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-250) and index.
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N809.2918/1
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74Vv6ZXe7jNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv6ZXe7jNb
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ISBN
1107007925 (hardback)
9781107007925 (hardback)
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809.2918
MMS ID
991006730989702626
