The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd

ISBN-13: 9781107053922 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 178 str.

Michael Bennett

Opis

This accessible Introduction provides an in-depth overview of absurdism and its key figures in theatre and literature.

Recenzje

'In his latest book Michael Bennett sets out to provide a scholarly but reader-friendly appraisal of the literary and dramatic manifestations of the absurd. … this book manages to be both an accessible introduction to readers unfamiliar with the absurd and a thought-provoking addition to absurd criticism.' Pedro Querido, Modern Language Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction: overview of the absurd; 2. Setting the stage; 3. The emergence of a 'movement': the historical and intellectual contexts; 4. Samuel Beckett; 5. Beckett's notable contemporaries; 6. The European and American wave of absurdism; 7. Post-absurdism?; 8. Absurd criticism.