Morgan Politics and Theatre in Twentieth-Century Europe

Imagination and Resistance
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-37038-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice

This book explores the connection between politics and theatre by looking at the works and lives of Shaw, Brecht, Sartre, and Ionesco, providing a cultural history detailing the changing role of political theatre in twentieth-century Europe.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morgan, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Political Theatre as Political Theory 2. George Bernard Shaw: The Theatre of Bourgeois Radicalism 3. Bertolt Brecht: The Theatre of Proletarian Revolution 4. Jean-Paul Sartre: The Theatre of Situations 5. Eugène Ionesco: The Theatre of the Absurd 6. Conclusion: Political Theatre as Political Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Margot Morgan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Southeast, USA. She currently serves as Book Review Managing Editor for Perspectives on Politics, a flagship journal of the American Political Science Association.