LEADER 02877nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910778065603321 005 20230719184626.0 010 $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 $a19870911h19891989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe vital lie $ereality and illusion in modern drama /$fAnthony S. Abbott 210 1$aTuscaloosa :$cUniversity of Alabama Press,$d1989. 210 4$aŠ1989 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) 311 0 $a0-8173-1202-1 311 0 $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 $aThe 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. 606 $aDrama$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDrama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIllusion in literature 606 $aReality in literature 615 0$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$01522808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778065603321 996 $aThe vital lie$93762696 997 $aUNINA