Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd: Camus, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, and Pinter

Bennett, M.

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-03-31

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230113381

DOI: 10.1057/9780230118829

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 179