LEADER 03012nam  2200625Ia 450 
001 9910455015803321
005 20200520144314.0
010   $a0-8173-8253-4
035   $a(CKB)1000000000774895
035   $a(EBL)454500
035   $a(OCoLC)424520962
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000268139
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218101
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268139
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10213204
035   $a(PQKB)11306550
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454500
035   $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8691
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454500
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309811
035   $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774895
100   $a19870911d1989      uy             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|n|---|||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 14$aThe vital lie$b[electronic resource] $ereality and illusion in modern drama /$fAnthony S. Abbott
210   $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1989
215   $a1 online resource (258 p.)
300   $aIncludes index.
311   $a0-8173-1202-1 
311   $a0-8173-0396-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.
327   $aContents; Preface: The Vital Lie; 1. Reality, Illusion, and the More Abundant Life; Part One: The Hegelians; 2. Henrik Ibsen; 3. August Strindberg; 4. Anton Chekhov; 5. George Bernard Shaw; 6. John Millington Synge; Part Two: Lost and Found; 7. Luigi Pirandello; 8. Bertolt Brecht; 9. T. S. Eliot; 10. Eugene O'Neill; 11. Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams; Part Three: Absurdism and After; 12. Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco; 13. Edward Albee; 14. Harold Pinter; 15. Theater as Reality/Reality as Theater; 16. Reality and the Hero; Notes; Bibliography; Permissions; Index
330   $a  The Vital Lie is the first book to examine the reality-illusion conflict in modern drama from Ibsen to present-day playwrights. The book questions why vital lies, lies necessary for life itself, are such an obsessive concern for playwrights of the last hundred years. Using the work of fifteen playwrights, Abbott seeks to discover if modern playwrights treat illusions as helpful or necessary to life, or as signals of sicknesses from which human beings need to be cured. What happens to characters when they are forced to face the truth about themselves and their worlds without th
606   $aDrama$y19th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aDrama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism
606   $aIllusion in literature
606   $aReality in literature
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aDrama$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aDrama$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aIllusion in literature.
615  0$aReality in literature.
676   $a809.2/04
676   $a809.204
700   $aAbbott$b Anthony S$01029185
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910455015803321
996   $aThe vital lie$92445458
997   $aUNINA