| Description |
1 online resource (203 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 From Saint Genesius to Saint Genet -- 2 La Comédie des comédiens and the Defense of Theatrical Illusion -- 3 La commedia da fare -- 4 Hamlet and Meta-Hamlets -- 5 Metatheater as Manifesto -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Summary |
Metatheater and Modernity is the first book to link the concept of metatheater with those of baroque and neobaroque. It refines and probes these concepts through close analyses and comparisons of seventeenth with twentieth-century plays. Authors discussed include Rotrou, Sartre, Genet, Corneille, Kushner, Bernini, Shakespeare, Pirandello, Stoppard, Molière, Giraudoux, Ionesco |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Play within a play.
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Drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
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Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Drama
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Play within a play
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611475395 |
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1611475392 |
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