Title Empty figure on an empty stage : the theatre of Samuel Beckett and his generation / Les Essif

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Drama and performance studies ; v. 13 Drama and performance studies ; v. 13 Contents 1. Emptiness: Ontological, Theatrical, Theatro-psychic -- 2. Surrealist Inner Space: Theatre of the (Empty) Mind -- 3. Beckett's Pursuit of Emptiness: The Concentrated (Empty) Image behind the Fragmented Story in the Late Plays -- 4. Avatars of the Hypersubjective Dramatic Character -- 5. The Hypersubjective Avatar Manque -- 6. The Hypersubjective Marionette-Like Legacy of Pierrot: From the Social Space of the Commedia to the Empty Space of Nouveau Theatre Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-246) and index Subject Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Dramatic production. European drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism. LC no. 00063211 ISBN 0253338476 alkaline paper

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