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Edward Albee as Theatrical and Dramatic Innovator offers eight essays and a major interview by important scholars in the field that explore this three-time Pulitzer prize-winning playwright’s innovations as a dramatist and theatrical artist. They consider not only Albee’s award-winning plays and his contributions to the evolution of modern American drama, but also his important influence to the American theatre as a whole, his connections to art and music, and his international influence in Spanish and Russian theatre. Contributors: Jackson R. Bryer, Milbre Burch, David A. Crespy, Ramon Espejo-Romero, Nathan Hedman, Lincoln Konkle, Julia Listengarten, David Marcia, Ashley Raven, Parisa Shams, Valentine Vasak

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Author:   David A. Crespy ,  Lincoln Konkle
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.548kg
ISBN:  

9789004394704

ISBN 10:   9004394702
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   09 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Editors’ Introduction  David A. Crespy and Lincoln Konkle Designing Edward/Edward Designing: A Brief History of Edward Albee’s Role in Theatrical Design  David A. Crespy Theatrical Thanatology: Direct Address, Gestural Storytelling, and the Triple Goddess in Three Plays about Dying by Edward Albee  Milbre Burch The Glee of Vulnerability: Becoming Kin with Edward Albee’s Goat  Parisa Shams A Queer Reading of Love in Edward Albee’s Counting the Ways  Ashley Raven Albee Stages Secular Epiphany  Nathan Hedman Art Is a Hammer: Aura, Textual Awareness, and Comedy in Albee  David Marcia Affecting the Lives of “Others”: The Journey of Albee’s Plays in the Soviet Union  Julia Listengarten The (Mis)Representation of Edward Albee in Spain, 1963–2010  Ramón Espejo Romero Inside the Black Box: Albee’s Visual Aesthetics of Obscurity  Valentine Vasak “I Trap People”: An Interview with Edward Albee  Jackson R. Bryer Bibliography Index

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David A. Crespy, Ph.D. (1998), is Professor of Playwriting, Acting, and Dramatic literature at the University of Missouri. He founded MU's Writing for Performance program and serves as the program’s co-director and as the president of the Edward Albee Society. Lincoln Konkle, Ph.D. (1991), is Professor of English at The College of New Jersey where he teaches and publishes on dramatic literature. He is author of Thornton Wilder and The Puritan Narrative Tradition and co-founder of the Albee Society.

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