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Bennett, Michael Y., 1980-

Reassessing the theatre of the absurd Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter / [electronic resource] : Michael Y. Bennett. - New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 179 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : reassessing the theatre of the abusrd -- The parable of Estragon's struggle with the boot in Waiting for Godot -- The Pinteresque Oedipal household : the interrogation scene(s) in The birthday party -- The parable of the white clown : the use of ritual in Jean Genet's The blacks : a clown show -- Berenger, the Sisyphean hero -- Conclusion : theorizing a "female absurd" in Beth Henley's Crimes of the heart as a means of reassessing the theatre of the absurd.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
European drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Theater of the absurd.
Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1861 / .B44 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 809.2/04