LEADER 02733nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910790409803321 005 20221214005518.0 010 $a1-61147-045-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001113602 035 $a(EBL)1365254 035 $a(OCoLC)857365447 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1365254 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1365254 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753511 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL513458 035 $a(PPN)23228007X 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001113602 100 $a20130911d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aCruelty and desire in the modern theater$b[electronic resource]$eAntonin Artaud, Sarah Kane, and Samuel Beckett /$fLaurens De Vos 210 $aLanham, Md. $cFairleigh Dickinson University Press ;$aPlymouth, England $cCo-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61147-044-7 311 $a1-299-82207-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCRUELTY 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; Index 330 $aDeparting 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 shed 606 $aEnglish drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish drama$xFrench influences 606 $aCruelty in literature 606 $aPsychoanalysis and literature 606 $aDesire in literature 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xFrench influences. 615 0$aCruelty in literature. 615 0$aPsychoanalysis and literature. 615 0$aDesire in literature. 676 $a822/.9109353 700 $aVos$b Laurens de$f1978-$01468821 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790409803321 996 $aCruelty and desire in the modern theater$93680168 997 $aUNINA