Edward Albee and Absurdism

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-32494-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies

In Edward Albee and Absurdism—the inaugural volume in the new book series, New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies—Michael Y. Bennett has assembled an outstanding team of Edward Albee scholars to address Albee’s affiliation with Martin Esslin’s label, “Theatre of the Absurd,” examining whether or not this label is appropriate.

From scholarly essays and lengthy review-essays to an important interview with the noted playwright and director, Emily Mann, the aim of this collection is to, at last, directly (and indirectly) confront Esslin’s label in regards to Albee’s plays in order to create a scholarly atmosphere that allows future Albee scholars to move on to new and, frankly, more relevant lines of inquiry.

Contributors are: Michael Y. Bennett, Linda Ben-Zvi, David A. Crespy, Colin Enriquez, Lincoln Konkle, David Marcia, Dena Marks, Brenda Murphy, Tony Jason Stafford, and Kevin J Wetmore Jr.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bennett, Michael Y.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Y. Bennett, Ph.D. (2009), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has authored four books on modern drama, most recently The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd (2015).