Fernand Crommelynck and Michel de Ghelderode
Author: David I. Grossvogel
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 652
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Author: David I. Grossvogel
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Published: 1954
Total Pages: 652
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Fernand Crommelynck
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781575910024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHe typically starts out from a realistic situation, then introduces a twist in the psyche of the main character that launches the rest of the action - for example, in The Magnanimous Cuckold a suspected glimmer of lust in Petrus's eye suffices to incite Bruno and to subjugate the other figures in the play to his expression of folly - and the realistic is soon overtaken by the obsessional and finally the absurd.
Author: Alain Piette
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781575910031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, the authors examine the works of Fernand Crommelynck (1886-1970), whose international reputation was established in 1922, when his most important and most popular play, The Magnanimous Cuckold, was presented in Moscow. Torn between the extremes of laughter and sorrow, frequently violent and visionary, Crommelynck's work is typically Flemish (though written in French), not least in its preoccupation with sin. Pain is always present in his plays, the pain felt by characters living in a world where happiness is destroyed by irrationalism, self-deception, and obsession. Crommelynck's plays humorously show us how human behavior can be dominated by extreme expressions of emotion or desire. The mixture of buffoonery and tragedy characteristic of his theater extends also to his prose style, which presents the most outrageous or gross situations in a language of beautifully sensuous imagery.
Author: Alba della Fazia Amoia
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis translation brings 10 samples of the most adventurous European drama in recent years before the English-speaking public in eminently speakable prose. The volume gives an unprecedentedly complete feeling for the unique Belgian character and its literary and theatrical strengths. They are preceded by cogent introductions as well as articles by distinguished Belgian scholars and critics.
Author: Nathalie Aubert
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1351566385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume of edited essays is the first one in English to offer a critical overview of the specific features of Belgian modernity from 1880 to 1940 in a multiplicity of disciplines: literature and poetry, politics, music, photography and drama. The first half of the book investigates the roots of twentieth century modernity in Belgian fin de siecle across a variety of genres (novel, poetry and drama), not only within but also beyond the boundaries of Symbolism. The contributors go on to examine the explosion of Belgian culture on the international scene with the rise of the avant-gardes, notably Surrealism: and the contribution made in minor genres, such as the popular novels of Simenon and Jean Ray, and the Tintin comics of Herge.
Author: Ulrich Weisstein
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1973-01-01
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1588116700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUlrich Weisstein's collection of 21 essays offers a comparative study of Expressionism as a Modernist movement whose dynamic core lay in Germany and Austria-Hungary, but which transformed artistic practices in other European countries. The focus, Weisstein argues, must be strictly and sharply aimed at a specific body of works and opinionsa relatively dense core surrounded by a less clearly defined fringe zoneindigenous to the German speaking countries. The volume spans an Expressionist period extending from roughly 1910 to 1925. Weisstein himself contributes two introductory chapters on problems of definition and a thoughtful analysis of English Vorticism. An ample context is set by comparative essays concerned with international movements such as Futurism that had an impact on German Expressionist drama, prose, and poetry, together with essays on the adaptation of Expressionist forms in countries such as Poland, Russia, Hungary, South Slavic nations and the United States. These essays call attention to representative authors and artists, as well as to periodicals and artistic circles. Reviewers have praised not only the presentation of literary links and interaction among national cultures, but especially the most rewarding interdisciplinary essays on Dada and on Expressionist painting, music, and film.
Author: Michel de Ghelderode
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 372
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: McGraw-Hill, inc
Publisher: VNR AG
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780070791695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRanging from the earliest drama to the theater of the 1980's this encyclopedia includes coverage of national drama and theater around the world, theater companies, and musical comedy. Arrangement of the 1,300 entries is alphabetically by name or subject with nearly 950 of these devoted to individual playwrights and their works.
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 648
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven Jacobs
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-07-20
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 1317215575
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.