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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Adrian CurtinPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.463kg ISBN: 9781526124708ISBN 10: 152612470 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 15 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , Adult education , General , Further / Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: stages of mortality 1 Beyond the veil: sensing death in symbolist theatre 2 Fantastical representations of death in First World War drama 3 The absurd drama of modern death denial 4 Theatres of catastrophe after Auschwitz and Hiroshima 5 The drama of dying in the early twenty-first century Conclusion: unending References Index -- .ReviewsAdrian Curtin's Death in Modern Theatre explores a topic that is central to the study of drama, and indeed to the humanities generally. He writes with depth, clarity and insight about death, not only as an individual experience but as a communal one. He also refuses to shy away from such difficult topics as genocide, and thus enhances our understanding of theatre's capacity to speak about the unspeakable, especially in the wake of the Second World War. It does so in a style that is accessible and rigorous, shedding new light on such major figures as Maeterlinck, Toller, Ionesco, Beckett, Howard Barker, Churchill, Marina Carr and Carol Ann Duffy - while also taking time to explore a fascinating range of less familiar works and dramatists. Both informative and well informed, this is a very rich study, offering valuable ideas about how theatre uses play to represent the most serious topics. Patrick Lonergan, Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at National University of Ireland, Galway Author InformationAdrian Curtin is Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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