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Irony and the modern theatre /

"Irony and theatre share intimate kinships, not only regarding dramatic conflict, dialectic or wittiness, but also scenic structure and the verbal or situational ironies that typically mark theatrical speech and action. Yet irony today, in aesthetic, literary and philosophical contexts especial...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Storm, William, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Irony personified : Ibsen and The master builder
  • The character of irony in Chekhov
  • Irony and dialectic : Shaw's Candida
  • Pirandello's 'father'
  • and Brecht's 'mother'
  • Absurdist irony : Ionesco's 'anti-play'
  • 'Ironist first-class' : Stoppard's Arcadia
  • American ironies : Wasserstein and Kushner
  • Irony's theatre.