| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies in European cultural transition ; volume eighteen |
|
Studies in European cultural transition ; v. 18
|
| Contents |
The name of 'tragicomedy: problems of identity -- Early English tragicomedy: from providential design to metatheatre -- Shakespearean tragicomedy. Measure for Measure: the Duke's problem play versus Shakespeare's tragicomedy -- The Winter's Tale: tragicomedy of wonder -- The tragicomedy of sexuality and surprise: Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger. Sexuality and tragicomic genre in the plays of Fletcher -- The moral tragicomedy of Massinger -- Tragicomedy in transition -- Modern tragicomedy I: tragicomedy and realism. Ibsen:The Wild Duck -- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard -- Synge: The Playboy of the Western World -- O'Casey: Juno and the Paycock -- Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire -- Modern tragicomedy II: Metatheatre and the absurd. Beckett: Waiting for Godot -- Ionesco: The Chairs and The Killer -- Pinter: The Caretaker and No Man's Land -- Conclusion: The nature of tragicomedy |
| Notes |
Originally published in 2004 by Ashgate Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Tragicomedy -- History and criticism
|
|
European drama -- History and criticism
|
|
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
|
|
European drama
|
|
Tragicomedy
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781351885355 |
|
1351885359 |
|
