Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | M. Bennett | ISBN: | 9780230118829 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | April 25, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Bennett |
| ISBN: | 9780230118829 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | April 25, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.
Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.
