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1 online resource |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27 |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 27.
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Contents |
Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics -- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection -- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war -- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama -- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre -- Conclusion -- Epilogue |
Summary |
This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and ae |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Historical drama, English -- History and criticism
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Historical drama, German -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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German drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Literature and history -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Play within a play.
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History in literature.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English drama
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German drama
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Historical drama, English
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Historical drama, German
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History in literature
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Literature and history
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Play within a play
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Germany
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Great Britain
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1136155015 |
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9781136155017 |
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