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Author Esslin, Martin, 1918-2002.

Title The theatre of the absurd / Martin Esslin.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, 2004.
2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  809.2 ESSLIN    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description 480 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Includes bibliographical references and index
Note This ed. originally published : London : Methuen, 2001. - Previous ed.: London : Pelican, 1980.
Contents Introduction : The absurdity of the absurd -- Samuel Beckett : The search for the self -- Arthur Adamov : The curable and the incurable -- Eugene Ionesco : Theatre and anti-theatre -- Jean Genet : A hall of mirrors -- Harold Pinter : Certainties and uncertainties -- Parallels and proselytes -- The tradition of the absurd -- The significance of the absurd -- Beyond the absurd.
Note 2004JAN
Subject Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.
ISBN 1400075238 paperback
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