The Grotesque in Contemporary Anglophone Drama

TRAMA

Grotesque features have been among the chief characteristics of drama in English since the 1990s. This new book examines the varieties of the grotesque in the work of some of the most original playwrights of the last three decades (including Enda Walsh, Philip Ridley, Tim Crouch and Suzan-Lori Parks), focusing in particular on ethical and political issues that arise from the use of the grotesque.

SOMMARIO

1. Introduction.- 2. Engaging Monsters.- 3. Wild Justice.- 4. Life in a Box.- 5. Mutabilities.- 6. Imagine This.- 7. Afterword.

AUTORE

Ondrej Pilný is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University, Prague. He is the author of Irony and Identity in Modern Irish Drama and has edited collections of essays and journal issues on subjects ranging from Anglophone drama and Irish literature to cultural memory and structuralist theory. His translations include plays by J.M. Synge, Brian Friel, Martin McDonagh and Enda Walsh.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781349702763
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm Ø 454 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: VII, 178 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 178
• Pagine Romane: vii