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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456605103321

Autore

Haney William S

Titolo

Postmodern theater and the void of conceptions [[electronic resource] /] / by William S. Haney II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle [England], : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006

ISBN

1-282-19023-7

9786612190230

1-4438-0635-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Disciplina

792

Soggetti

English drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Postmodernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-154) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Different symbolic traditions have different ways of describing the shift of awareness toward sacred events. While not conforming to familiar states of phenomenality, this shift of awareness corresponds to Turner's liminal phase, Artaud's metaphysical embodiment, Grotowski's "translumination," Brook's "holy theater," and Barba's "transcendent" theater-all of which are linked to the Advaitan taste of a void of conceptions. This book argues that, by allowing to come what Derrida calls the unsa...