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

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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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Bibliographic Details
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
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Summary: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 theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (190 pages)
ISBN:9780230118829
DOI:10.1057/9780230118829