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040    URS|beng|cURS|dTXH|dGNU 
049    GNUA 
090    PN1861|b.E8 2004 
092    809.2|bEs78 2004 
100 1  Esslin, Martin,|d1918-2002. 
245 14 The theatre of the absurd /|cMartin Esslin. 
250    Third edition. 
264  1 New York :|bVintage Books,|c2004. 
264  1 |c2001. 
300    480 pages ;|c21 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 0  Includes bibliographical references and index 
500    This ed. originally published : London : Methuen, 2001. - 
       Previous ed.: London : Pelican, 1980. 
500    2004JAN 
505 0  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. 
650  0 Drama|y20th century|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Absurd (Philosophy) in literature. 
994    02|bGNU