{"product_id":"a-history-of-modern-drama-volume-i-hardback-9781405157575","title":"A History of Modern Drama, Volume I (Hardback) 9781405157575","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Modern Drama, Volume I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"David Krasner's \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressive feat of synthesis. Krasner gives us not only detailed analyses of the most important playwrights and plays of the period, but also the cultural and political context in which they operated and which crucially shaped them.... This book fills a major gap and will prove to be an invaluable teaching tool.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMartin Puchner\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Krasner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405157575, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 October 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.7 x 18.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.898 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  All readers.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In his comprehensive History of Modern Drama (the first of two volumes, running up to 1959), David Krasner cites Roland Barthes writing about Baudelaire, and responding to this question with his own answer.”  (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, 4 May 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCovering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and offering original interpretations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of non-English works and traditions to create a global view of modern drama\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the influence of modernism in art, music, literature, architecture, society, and politics on the formation of modern dramatic literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes an interpretative and analytical approach to modern dramatic texts rather than focusing on production history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of the ways in which staging practices, design concepts, and acting styles informed the construction of the dramas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Trauma Drama 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Price of Freedom 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Unhinged Subjectivity 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Aboulia 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Modernist Beginnings 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Rising Symbolism 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Rising Expressionism 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Realism 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Rural Realism 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Urban Realism 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Optimistic Passion 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Campaign Against Earnestness 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Dissociated Sensibility 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Distorted Modernism 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Lyrical Modernism 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Sentimental Modernism 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Avant Garde 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Eros and Thanatos 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Robots and Automatons 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Farce and Parody 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Epic Modernism 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Gaming the System 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: The Divided Self of American Drama 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Illusions 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Delusions 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Dreams 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Gender 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Race 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Hell Is Other People 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 The Farce of Intimacy 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24 The Tragedy of Intimacy 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Modernist Improvising 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25 Beckett Impromptu 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X: Conclusion 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 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