From tension to tonic : the plays of Edward Albee

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From tension to tonic : the plays of Edward Albee

Anne Paolucci ; with a preface by Harry T. Moore

(Crosscurrents : modern critiques / Harry T. Moore, general editor)

Southern Illinois University Press , Feffer & Simons, c1972

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Edward Albee

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Bibliography: p. 135-136

Includes index

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The first serious contemporary dramatist to come from off-Broadway and successfully break through the financial barriers and strict proscriptions of commercial American theatre, Albee is also the first, if not the only one, of his generation to have tried out successfully such diverse dramatic forms as naturalism, surrealism, symbolism, farce, tragicomedy, and metaphysical allegory. In the decade since "Who" "s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? "(1962) Albee thus has earned a reputation as the most promising of the young American playwrights. His honors include a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for "A Delicate Balance."To a small but expanding body of critical interpretation of Albee s work, Anne Paolucci has made this important contribution. Her keen and appreciative insights will aid the reader and theatregoer in obtaining a broader, more thorough understanding of Albee s plays and his ideas about the theatre."

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  • NCID
    BA11205359
  • ISBN
    • 0809305518
  • LCCN
    75179594
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Carbondale,London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 143 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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