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1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) |
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Preface: The vital lie -- Reality, illusion, and the more abundant life -- pt. 1. The Hegelians: Henrik Ibsen -- August Strindberg -- Anton Chekhov -- George Bernard Shaw -- John Millington Synge -- pt. 2. Lost and found: Luigi Pirandello -- Bertolt Brecht -- T.S. Eliot -- Eugene O'Neill -- Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams -- pt. 3. Absurdism and after: Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco -- Edward Albee -- Harold Pinter -- Theater as reality/reality as theater -- Reality and the hero |
| Summary |
The Vital Lie is the first book to examine the reality-illusion conflict in modern drama from Ibsen to present-day playwrights. The book questions why vital lies, lies necessary for life itself, are such an obsessive concern for playwrights of the last hundred years. Using the work of fifteen playwrights, Abbott seeks to discover if modern playwrights treat illusions as helpful or necessary to life, or as signals of sicknesses from which human beings need to be cured. What happens to characters when they are forced to face the truth about themselves and their worlds without th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Reality in literature.
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Illusion in literature.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Drama
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Illusion in literature
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Reality in literature
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817382537 |
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0817382534 |
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9780817303969 |
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0817303960 |
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0817312021 |
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9780817312022 |
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