
Drawing Upon the Past
Classical Theatre in the Contemporary American Theatre
Robert J. Andreach(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Will be published approx. on 12. June 2003
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-8204-6356-8 (ISBN)
Description
Contemporary American theatre re-creates and invokes classical theatre so as to generate interaction between the two theatres. Using selected works of fourteen playwrights, this book organizes the interaction into three sections: works dramatizing change and reconciliation, works dramatizing the inability or the unwillingness to change and reconcile, and works emphasizing various selves (personal, theatrical, national). By drawing on the past, the fourteen playwrights refine their art in the contemporary American theatre and their vision of contemporary American life.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15 cm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-6356-8 (9780820463568)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Robert J. Andreach received his Ph.D. in English from New York University. A former professor, he is the author of Studies in Structure, The Slain and Resurrected God, and Creating the Self in the Contemporary American Theatre (2000 Choice Outstanding Academic Title) and numerous articles in scholarly journals. He has also reviewed theatre for New Jersey newspapers.