Theater of capital modern drama and economic life Zhulina, Alisa creator author. text bibliography Criticism, interpretation, etc. ilu 2024 2024 monographic eng print xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "Alisa Zhulina shows how canonical fin-de-siècle playwrights interrogated the meaning of capitalism, staging economic questions as moral and political concerns and challenging contemporary socioeconomic theories within the boundaries of bourgeois theater"-- Introduction -- Finance Capital: Henrik Ibsen and the Invisible Hand -- The Dowry versus Erotic Capital: The Drama of Courtship in Strindberg, Shaw, and Benedictsson -- Casino Capitalism: Anton Chekhov and Gambling -- Labor and Strike: Gerhart Hauptmann's The Weavers and Its Legacy in German Expressionism -- Coda. Alisa Zhulina. Includes bibliographical references and index. Drama 19th century History and criticism Drama 20th century History and criticism Capitalism in literature Théâtre (Genre littéraire) 19e siècle Histoire et critique Capitalisme dans la littérature Capitalism in literature Drama 1800-1999 fast PN1643 .Z48 2024 809.293553 Performance works 9780810146358 9780810146341 0810146347 0810146355 9780810146365 2023036633 pda,print IEN/DLC 230808 20250318213118.6 in00005465994 eng