Comic Agony: Mixed Impressions in the Modern Theatre
Autor Albert Bermelen Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 sep 1993
With clarity, liveliness, and wit, Albert Bermel explores the juxtaposition of the tragic and the comic in modern drama, revealing the ways in which these contrasting elements complement and reinforce each other to both depict and evoke conflicting emotions. Examining humor in serious plays, humorous plays on serious themes, and farce, Bermel makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of modern dramatic achievement.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810110717
ISBN-10: 0810110717
Pagini: 223
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
ISBN-10: 0810110717
Pagini: 223
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
Notă biografică
Albert Bermel is a playwright, critic, and translator. He is Chairman of the Department of Speech and Theatre and Professor of Theatre at Lehman College. He is also Professor of Theatre at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Redefinitions
Introduction: How Comic? How Agonizing?
Part I: Smiling at Trouble
Virgin Sacrifice: The Wild Duck, by Henrik Ibsen
Frost in the Spring Air: Spring's Awakening, by Frank Wedekind
Sireless in Russia: Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov
Inward Journey: The Ghost Sonata, by August Strindberg
Playing the Role for Real: Enrico IV, by Luigi Pirandello
Summary I: Comedy in Hiding
Part II: Taking the Joke Seriously
Jest and Superjest: Man and Superman, by Bernard Shaw
Dependence Day: Ah Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
Society as a Brothel: The Balcony, by Jean Genet
Dionysos in Sussex: The Norman Conquests, by Alan Ayckbourn
Summary II: Pain in Hiding
III: Howling at Farce
Male Heroine: The Breasts of Tiresias, by Guillaume Apollinaire
Timid Exhibitionist: Professor Taranne, by Arthur Adamov
Anything But Absurd: Jacques and The Chairs, by Eugène Ionesco
Almighty Goad: Acts Without Words I and II, by Samuel Beckett
For Sex and Empire: Cloud 9, by Caryl Churchill
Summary III: Farcical Overlay
Conclusion: The Playful End
Notes
Index
Redefinitions
Introduction: How Comic? How Agonizing?
Part I: Smiling at Trouble
Virgin Sacrifice: The Wild Duck, by Henrik Ibsen
Frost in the Spring Air: Spring's Awakening, by Frank Wedekind
Sireless in Russia: Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov
Inward Journey: The Ghost Sonata, by August Strindberg
Playing the Role for Real: Enrico IV, by Luigi Pirandello
Summary I: Comedy in Hiding
Part II: Taking the Joke Seriously
Jest and Superjest: Man and Superman, by Bernard Shaw
Dependence Day: Ah Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
Society as a Brothel: The Balcony, by Jean Genet
Dionysos in Sussex: The Norman Conquests, by Alan Ayckbourn
Summary II: Pain in Hiding
III: Howling at Farce
Male Heroine: The Breasts of Tiresias, by Guillaume Apollinaire
Timid Exhibitionist: Professor Taranne, by Arthur Adamov
Anything But Absurd: Jacques and The Chairs, by Eugène Ionesco
Almighty Goad: Acts Without Words I and II, by Samuel Beckett
For Sex and Empire: Cloud 9, by Caryl Churchill
Summary III: Farcical Overlay
Conclusion: The Playful End
Notes
Index
Recenzii
"Albert Bermel is one of our country's best critics, and this [book] is filled with fine dramatic criticism."
—Robert Corrigan, University of Texas at Dallas
—Robert Corrigan, University of Texas at Dallas
Descriere
With clarity, liveliness, and wit, Albert Bermel explores the juxtaposition of the tragic and the comic in modern drama, revealing the ways in which these contrasting elements complement and reinforce each other to both depict and evoke conflicting emotions. Examining humor in serious plays, humorous plays on serious themes, and farce, Bermel makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of modern dramatic achievement.