Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and PinterFifty 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. |
Contents
The Parable of Estragons Struggle with the Boot in Samuel | |
The Interrogation | |
Defining theParable Addendum 2 Parablesin Drama | |
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Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and ... M. Bennett Limited preview - 2011 |
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Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and ... M. Bennett No preview available - 2011 |
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