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Autore |
Feldman Alexander <1981-, > |
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Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / / Alex Feldman |
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New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-97326-X |
0-203-07847-0 |
1-136-15501-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; ; 27 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historical drama, English - History and criticism |
Historical drama, German - History and criticism |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
German drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Literature and history - Germany - History - 20th century |
Play within a play |
History in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics -- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection -- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war -- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama -- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, |
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