Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd : Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter /

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatr...

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Main Author:	Bennett, Michael Y. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:	Cultural and Media Studies. Arts. Literature, general. Performing Arts. Theatre History. Theatre and Performance Studies. Culture > Study and teaching. Literature. Performing arts. Theater > History. Theater. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book