Edward Albee and Absurdism ( New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies )

Publication series ：New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies

Author： Bennett> Michael Y.  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9789004324961

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004324947

Subject： I06 Literature, Literature Appreciation;I106.3 dramatic literature;I207.3 戏剧文学

Keyword： 戏剧文学,文学评论、文学欣赏,戏剧文学,世界文学

Language： ENG

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In Edward Albee and Absurdism, Michael Y. Bennett has assembled an outstanding team of Edward Albee scholars to address Albee’s affiliation with Martin Esslin’s label, “Theatre of the Absurd,” examining whether or not this label is appropriate.

Chapter

Edward Albee and Absurdism

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Editor’s Introduction: Albee –ism(s)

1 The Absurdity of Mimesis: A History of Absurdist Criticism Related to the Plays of Edward Albee

2 An Absurd Association: Re-viewing Edward Albee’s Eclectic Sixties

3 Edward Albee and the Pastoral Tradition

4 The Label, or How Should We Classify Edward Albee?: Some Notes toward a Definition of Albee as Postmodern

5 “Coming Back a Short Distance Correctly”: Albee’s Absurdist Adventures in Berlin, Moscow, and Vienna

6 “You Should Terrify Them”: Absurd(?) Violence in Edward Albee and Adrienne Kennedy

7 Who’s Afraid of the Catholic Church?: Pre-vatican II Roman Catholicism in Two Early Plays by Albee

8 Who is Sylvia?: Anthropomorphism and Genre Expectations

9 Interview: The “Composer” and the “Conductor”: An Interview with Director and Playwright Emily Mann on Working with Albee

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