The grotesque in contemporary anglophone drama

Author(s)

• Pilný, Ondřej

Bibliographic Information

The grotesque in contemporary anglophone drama

Ondřej Pilný

Palgrave Macmillan, c2016

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Grotesque features have been among the chief characteristics of drama in English since the 1990s. This new book examines the varieties of the grotesque in the work of some of the most original playwrights of the last three decades (including Enda Walsh, Philip Ridley, Tim Crouch and Suzan-Lori Parks), focusing in particular on ethical and political issues that arise from the use of the grotesque.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Engaging Monsters.- 3. Wild Justice.- 4. Life in a Box.- 5. Mutabilities.- 6. Imagine This.- 7. Afterword.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB2436742X
• ISBN:
  • 9781137513175
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 178 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 822.009
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English drama -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Grotesque in literature