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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 7-14 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	November 2020
Genre:	Sprache
ISBN:	9781474477987
EAN-Code:	9781474477987
Verlag:	Edinburgh University Press
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 162 mm / B 240 mm / D 30 mm
Gewicht:	666 gr
Seiten:	344
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Inhalt:

Analyses appropriations of King Lear in post-war British drama Since the events of the Holocaust, playwrights have variously appropriated King Lear to respond to the catastrophes of modern times. With case studies on the works of Edward Bond, David Rudkin, Howard Barker, Sarah Kane, Forced Entertainment and Dennis Kelly, the book explores a range of theatres of catastrophe in post-war British drama and the role that Lear has played in new forms of post-Holocaust tragedy and tragic freedom. Plays are situated in a wider critical and cultural discourse around Shakespeare and the Holocaust and the post-Auschwitz philosophical aesthetics of Theodor Adorno, whose influence on post-war playwriting remains profound. Richard Ashby is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies.