| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
CRUELTY AND DESIRE IN THE MODERN THEATER; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation; Introduction; 1. The Inner World of Antonin Artaud; 2. Madly in Love: Sarah Kane; 3. Neither the Voice, Nor the Void: Samuel Beckett; Epilogue: Toward a Corporeal Theater; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In juxtaposing these playwrights, De Vos minutely points out how both in their own way struggle with coming to terms with Artaud. A key concept in Lacanian psychoanalytic theories, desire lies at the root of the Theatre of Cruelty; Kane and Beckett prove that desire and cruelty are inextricably linked to one another, but that they appear in radically different disguises. Relying on Kane and Beckett, this book not only shed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-251) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kane, Sarah, 1971-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948 -- Influence
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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948 fast |
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 fast |
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Kane, Sarah, 1971-1999 fast |
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Artaud, Antonin 1896-1948 gnd |
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Kane, Sarah 1971-1999 gnd |
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Beckett, Samuel 1906-1989 gnd |
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Artaud, Antonin. idszbz |
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Beckett, Samuel. idszbz |
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Kane, Sarah. idszbz |
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Kane, Sarah, (1971-1999) -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
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Beckett, Samuel, (1906-1989) -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
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Artaud, Antonin, (1896-1948) -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
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Kane, Sarah, 1971-1999 -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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Artaud, Antonin, 1896-1948 -- analys och tolkning. sao |
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English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Cruelty in literature.
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Desire in literature.
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Psychoanalysis and literature.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Cruelty in literature
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Desire in literature
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English drama
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Psychoanalysis and literature
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Drama
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Sehnsucht Motiv
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Grausamkeit Motiv
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Drama.
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Motiv.
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Grausamkeit.
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Sehnsucht.
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Cruauté -- Dans la littérature.
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Grymheter i litteraturen.
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Begär i litteraturen.
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Engelsk dramatik -- historia -- 1900-talet.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611470451 |
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1611470455 |
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129982207X |
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9781299822078 |
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