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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792596603321

Autore

Cless Downing

Titolo

Ecology and environment in European drama / / Downing Cless

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97205-6

1-136-97206-4

1-282-58644-0

9786612586446

0-203-85181-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; ; 14

Disciplina

809.2/936

Soggetti

European drama - History and criticism

Ecology in literature

Nature in literature

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. [215]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Greek tragedy -- Aristophanes' The birds -- From menander to moralities -- Marlowe's Doctor Faustus -- Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream and The tempest -- From Renaissance to romanticism -- Ibsen and Chekhov -- Giraudoux's The madwoman of Chaillot -- Brecht, Beckett, and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at European drama through an ecological lens, this book chronicles nature and the environment as primary topics in major plays from ancient to recent times. Cless focuses on the few, yet well-known plays in which nature is at stake in the action or the environment is a dramatic force. Though theater predominantly explores human and cultural themes, these plays fully display the power of the other-than-human world and its endangerment during the history of Europe. While offering a broad overview, the book features extensive case studies of several playwrights, plays, and eco-theater