C. W. E. Bigsby Bücher

In this new edition of the widely-acclaimed Modern American Drama, Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of postwar and contemporary theatre and brings the reader up to 2000. While retaining the key elements of the first edition, including surveys of those major figures who have shaped postwar American drama, such as Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard, Bigsby also explores the most recent works and performances: these include plays by established dramatists such as Miller's The Ride down Mount Morgan and Albee's Three Tall Women, as well as works by relatively new playwrights Paula Vogel, Tony Kushner, and Terrence McNally among others. Bigsby also provides a new chapter, 'Beyond Broadway' and offers an analysis of how theatre has formed and influenced the millenial culture of America.

Nietzsche said that he never travelled anywhere without a volume of Emerson's essays in his pocket, while Mathew Arnold described Emerson as 'the greatest prose writer of the century'. It is a remarkable writer who could at once appeal to a man considered a pillar of Victorian society, and to a man dedicated to bringing down such pillars. In his own time Emerson was considered a profoundly radical thinker, but after his death he was increasingly seen as a bland Boston Brahmin, contentedly ripening with the new England melons, benignly meditating on such viperous notions as the Over–soul.He is now appreciated as one of the truly seminal American writers, refusing all orthodoxies, complacencies and fixities—both a truly celebratory and deeply adversarial thinker. A unique paperback edition, with introduction and chronology of Emerson's life and times.

The Crucible is a dramatization of the Salem witch-hunt, which took place in colonial Massachusetts from 1692 to 1693. Arthur Miller wrote the play at the time of McCarthyism when the U.S. government officially blacklisted accused communists. The play is not only concerned with the parallels between the witch trials and the hearings of the McCarthy era in the 1950s, but is also a timeless parable about superstition, paranoia and the terror caused by false accusations.

Focusing on the aesthetic of anarchic farce, this study delves into Orton's principal plays while exploring their significance within contemporary literature and art. It seeks to articulate the nature and achievements of his work, positioning him within the broader context of post-modern sensibility that emerged in the late 20th century. Through this analysis, the book highlights Orton's contributions to the evolution of dramatic expression and his influence on the literary landscape.

Hester fled an oppressive marriage & embarked on a voyage which was to bring danger & death,Mystery & ritual and tempest & temptation.