02733nam 2200541 a 450 991079040980332120221214005518.01-61147-045-5(CKB)2550000001113602(EBL)1365254(OCoLC)857365447(MiAaPQ)EBC1365254(Au-PeEL)EBL1365254(CaPaEBR)ebr10753511(CaONFJC)MIL513458(PPN)23228007X(EXLCZ)99255000000111360220130911d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Cruelty and desire in the modern theater[electronic resource]Antonin Artaud, Sarah Kane, and Samuel Beckett /Laurens De VosLanham, Md. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Plymouth, England Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Groupc20111 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-044-7 1-299-82207-X Includes bibliographical references and index.CRUELTY AND DESIRE IN THE MODERN THEATER; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation; Introduction; 1. The Inner World of Antonin Artaud; 2. Madly in Love: Sarah Kane; 3. Neither the Voice, Nor the Void: Samuel Beckett; Epilogue: Toward a Corporeal Theater; Notes; References; IndexDeparting from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In juxtaposing these playwrights, De Vos minutely points out how both in their own way struggle with coming to terms with Artaud. A key concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theories, desire lies at the root of the Theatre of Cruelty; Kane and Beckett prove that desire and cruelty are inextricably linked to one another, but that they appear in radically different disguises. Relying on Kane and Beckett, this book not only shedEnglish drama20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish dramaFrench influencesCruelty in literaturePsychoanalysis and literatureDesire in literatureEnglish dramaHistory and criticism.English dramaFrench influences.Cruelty in literature.Psychoanalysis and literature.Desire in literature.822/.9109353Vos Laurens de1978-1468821MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790409803321Cruelty and desire in the modern theater3680168UNINA