Cruelty and desire in the modern theater [[electronic resource]] : Antonin Artaud, Sarah Kane, and Samuel Beckett / / Laurens De Vos

• Autore: De Vos Laurens <1978->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Plymouth, England, : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 822/.9109353
• Soggetto topico: English drama - 20th century - History and criticism; English drama - French influences; Cruelty in literature; Psychoanalysis and literature; Desire in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CRUELTY 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Departing 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cruelty and desire in the modern theater
• ISBN: 1-61147-045-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452884803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II