02920oam 2200673I 450 991079259660332120230725023526.01-136-97205-61-136-97206-41-282-58644-097866125864460-203-85181-110.4324/9780203851814 (CKB)2670000000018778(EBL)517102(OCoLC)630539304(SSID)ssj0000416379(PQKBManifestationID)11306715(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416379(PQKBWorkID)10420792(PQKB)10300206(MiAaPQ)EBC517102(Au-PeEL)EBL517102(CaPaEBR)ebr10389395(CaONFJC)MIL258644(OCoLC)645080994(EXLCZ)99267000000001877820180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEcology and environment in European drama /Downing ClessNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (245 p.)Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;14Description based upon print version of record.0-415-80779-4 0-415-80439-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.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.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 Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;14.European dramaHistory and criticismEcology in literatureNature in literatureEuropean dramaHistory and criticism.Ecology in literature.Nature in literature.809.2/936Cless Downing.1500202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792596603321Ecology and environment in European drama3726778UNINA