Reading Modern Drama
Reading Modern Drama

Author: Alan Louis Ackerman

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781442612815

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Exploring the relationship between dramatic language and its theatrical aspects, Reading Modern Drama provides an accessible entry point for general readers and academics into the world of contemporary theatre scholarship. This collection promotes the use of diverse perspectives and critical methods to explore the common theme of language as well as the continued relevance of modern drama in our lives. Reading Modern Drama offers provocative close readings of both canonical and lesser-known plays, from Hedda Gabler to e.e. cummings' Him. Taken together, these essays enter into an ongoing, fruitful debate about the terms 'modern' and 'drama' and build a much-needed bridge between literary studies and performance studies.

Modernism in European Drama
Modernism in European Drama

Author: Frederick J. Marker

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780802082060

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This collection of essays, originally published over the last forty years in the journal Modern Drama, explores the drama of four of the most influential European proponents of modernism in the European Drama: Ibsen, Strandberg, Pirandello and Beckett.

Modern Drama
Modern Drama

Author: Kirsten Shepherd-Barr

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 0199658773

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This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama 'modern'.

The Myth of Identity in Modern Drama
The Myth of Identity in Modern Drama

Author: Jeremy Ekberg

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1443883360

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The Myth of Identity in Modern Drama is the first book-length study on existential authenticity and its relation to ontological embodiment treated via analyses of characters of modern drama. Furthermore, it offers new methods of exploring characters and characterization and new ways of thinking about identity. Through its investigations of the plays of Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean-Paul Sartre, the book shows that the study of embodiment will allow for a new method of analyzing characters and how they form, or attempt to form, ever-changing identities.

The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
The Social Significance of the Modern Drama

Author: Emma Goldman

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-10-21

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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Emma Goldman's 'The Social Significance of the Modern Drama' is a groundbreaking analysis of the role that drama plays in reflecting and shaping society. Published in 1914, amidst a period of significant social and political upheaval, Goldman delves into the works of playwrights such as Henrik Ibsen, George Bernard Shaw, and August Strindberg to explore how their plays challenge traditional norms and power structures. She argues that the modern drama serves as a powerful tool for social change and liberation, drawing connections between art and political activism. Goldman's writing style is passionate and incisive, drawing on her own experiences as an anarchist and feminist to provide a unique perspective on the cultural landscape of her time. Her insights continue to resonate today, making this book a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of art, politics, and social justice.

Early Modern English Drama
Early Modern English Drama

Author: Garrett A. Sullivan

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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Each of these essays addresses not only a play, but a specific cultural or literary topic. They cover vital perspectives in cultural studies such as race, class, gender, sexuality and colonialism; as well as topics in history like humanism, science, law, and reformation theology; and in dramatic genre.