Black Comedy: 9 Plays: A Critical Anthology with Interviews and Essays

ISBN-13: 9781557832788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 514 str.

Pamela Faith Jackson; Thomas W. Jones

Opis

(Applause Books). This first-of-its kind collection includes a wide range of works, from an early examination and critique of American society after World War II to plays that reflect socio-political concerns that kept pace with historical events, like the sit-in demonstrations, the bus boycotts, black nationalism, and the women's liberation movement. A hybrid of comedic forms including satire, farce, comedy of manners, romantic comedy, dark comedy, and tragicomedy are presented through vernacular language, stand-up performance art, masks, broad humor, as well as the minstrel show. Essays, articles and interviews complement this critical edition.