Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / / Alex Feldman
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| Autore: |
Feldman Alexander <1981-, >
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| Titolo: |
Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / / Alex Feldman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 822/.0514090914 |
| Soggetto topico: | Historical drama, English - History and criticism |
| Historical drama, German - History and criticism | |
| English drama - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| German drama - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 20th century | |
| Literature and history - Germany - History - 20th century | |
| Play within a play | |
| History in literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics -- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection -- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war -- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama -- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and ae |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage |
| ISBN: | 1-136-15500-7 |
| 1-283-97326-X | |
| 0-203-07847-0 | |
| 1-136-15501-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910972418503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies.