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THE DEATH OF CHARACTER
PERSPECTIVES ON THEATER AFTER MODERNISM |
| By: |
Elinor Fuchs |
| Format: |
Book |
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£13.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253210089 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253210081 |
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| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1996 |
| Series: |
Drama and Performance Studies |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
Explores the multiple worlds of theater after modernism. The author begins with the story of the decline of character, once the central link between the artist and the spectator. In theatrical modernism, she sees a series of strategies to compensate for this decline. |
| Synopsis: |
Extremely well written, and exceedingly well informed, this is a work that opens a variety of important questions in sophisticated and theoretically nuanced ways. It is hard to imagine a better tour guide than Fuchs for a trip through the last thirty years of, as she puts it, what we used to call the `avant-garde.'" -Essays in Theatre... an insightful set of theoretical `takes' on how to think about theatre before and theatre after modernism." -Theatre JournalIn short, for those who never experienced a `postmodern swoon,' Elinor Fuchs is an excellent informant." -Performing Arts Journal... a thoughtful, highly readable contribution to the evolving literature on theatre and postmodernism." -Modern DramaA work of bold theoretical ambition and exceptional critical intelligence.... Fuchs combines mastery of contemporary cultural theory with a long and full participation in American theater culture: the result is a long-needed, long-awaited elaboration of a new theatrical paradigm." -Una Chaudhuri, New York UniversityWhat makes this book exceptional is Fuchs' acute rehearsal of the stranger unnerving events of the last generation that have-in the cross-reflections of theory-determined our thinking about theater. She seems to have seen and absorbed them all." -Herbert Blau, Center for Twentieth Century Studies, University of Wisconsin, MilwaukeeSurveying the extraordinary scene of the postmodern American theater, Fuchs boldly frames key issues of subjectivity and performance with the keenest of critical eyes for the compelling image and the telling gesture." -Joseph Roach, Tulane University... Fuchs makes an exceptionally lucid and eloquent case for the value and contradictions in postmodern theater." -Alice Rayner, Stanford UniversityArguably the most accessible yet learned road map to what remains for many impenetrable territory...an obligatory addition to all academic libraries serving upper-division undertgradua |
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US |
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Indiana University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Winner of The George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic CriticismA |
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