{"product_id":"9781350503144","title":"Animal Presence in Contemporary British Theatre Beyond the Human","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMethuen Drama Engage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAnimal Presence in Contemporary British Theatre\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBeyond the Human\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSara Soncini | Mark Taylor-Batty | Enoch Brater\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is the first comprehensive study of the presence of animals in contemporary British  drama and theatre and their thought-provoking intersections with the human characters and actors with  whom they have increasingly come to share the stage. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy have animals become so ubiquitous on the contemporary stage? What are theatre-makers trying to  achieve by increasingly peopling their landscapes with nonhuman figures and, indeed, actors? Taking stock  of the expanding presence, role and agency of animals in British theatre and drama over recent decades,  this book investigates the payoffs – conceptual, cognitive, aesthetic, and political – of an art practice that  purposefully relocates the animal within a culturally powerful anthropocentric stronghold. In their  simultaneous engagement with the boundaries of subjectivity and the boundaries of theatre, the plays  considered in this volume provide a larger framework for thinking humanity beyond the human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSara Soncini\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her main research interests  lie in contemporary British and Irish drama, modern-day reproductions of Shakespeare, Restoration and  18th-century theatre. She is the author of, among others, \u003ci\u003eForms of Conflict: Contemporary Wars on the British  Stage\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eLe metamorfosi di Sarah Kane: 4.48 Psychosis sulle scene italiane\u003c\/i\u003e  (2020), a monograph study on Italian performances of Kane's last play. Her edited  volumes include \u003ci\u003eMyths of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Conflict: A European Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e  (2013).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350503144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223602135180,"sku":"9781350503144","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350503144","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}