Telling it Slant: Avant-garde Poetics of the 1990s (Modern & Contemporary Poetics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0817310975 ISBN 13: 9780817310974

Publisher: University of Alabama Press, 2001

Synopsis

Political commentary is possible through ""variety"" theatre, this volume contends. Compiled from the April 2000 Theatre Symposium held on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, this collection of essays presents a compelling mix of theoretical and practical viewpoints from a broad diversity of scholars from around the country. What remains to be learned about the political objectives of Brecht's Lehrstriucke? What political power is resident in the satirical humor of Dario Fo's drama? What can we learn from Mordecai Gorelik's political/artistic philosophy that might inform contemporary practice? What was the impact of political theatre on Broadway between the wars? Is Thornton Wilder's Our Town the play we've always imagined it to be, or does it challenge the politics of its time? What is the role of theatre activism in raising consciousness about gender politics? These are only some of the questions addressed by this lively, informative discussion.

About this title

Review:

"This articulation of the poetics of the constellation of innovative poets has never been gathered with such force and persuasiveness. . . . This book is truly news."--Charles Bernstein

About the Author:

John C. Countryman is the Director of Theatre and Associate Professor at Berry College in Georgia. Noreen Barnes-McLain is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of Theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Alabama Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0817310975
• ISBN 13: 9780817310974
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 511
• Editor: Wallace Mark, Marks Steven