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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Making of Modern Drama: A Study of Buchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, Handke

The Making of Modern Drama: A Study of Buchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, Handke

Gilman, Richard

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ISBN10: 0300079028
ISBN13: 9780300079029
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Jan 1 2000
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.49 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
This highly acclaimed critical exploration of modern drama begins with Büchner and Ibsen and then discusses the major playwrights who have shaped modern theater-Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, and Handke. A new introduction by the author assesses developments of recent years. Reviews of the earlier editions: The best single study of the astonishing transformations dramatic art has undergone in the last century or so.-Thomas R. Edwards, New York Times Book Review In its field this is one of the choice books of the century. It moves toward the deepest sources of some great plays, so it deepens their effect on us.-Stanley Kauffmann The Making of Modern Drama has no rivals. Richard Gilman's account of his fascinating subject is written with love, measure, and authority.-Susan Sontag Gilman's book on the genesis and development of contemporary drama is acute, beautifully accomplished, and, I think, important.-Donald Barthelme

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