Symbolist Drama

Now back in print, this one-of-a-kind volume of fifteen short symbolist plays from around the world, written between 1890 and 1918, is even more timely in today's turn to the spiritual and subjective modes of being. It includes often little-known plays by Strindberg, Maeterlinck, Hoffmansthal, Rachilde, Tagore, Yeats, Valle-Inclán, Blok, Bely, Briusov, Stevens, and others.

About the author

Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; editor, Slavic and East European Performance; editor, Routledge Harwood Polish and East European Theatre Archive; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama.

Summary

Now back in print, this one-of-a-kind volume of fifteen short symbolist plays from around the world, written between 1890 and 1918, is even more timely in today's turn to the spiritual and subjective modes of being. It includes often little-known plays by Strindberg, Maeterlinck, Hoffmansthal, Rachilde, Tagore, Yeats, Valle-Inclán, Blok, Bely, Briusov, Stevens, and others.

Product details

• Assisted by: Daniel Gerould (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.1985
• EAN: 9780933826786
• ISBN: 978-0-933826-78-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 223 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Series: Paj Publications; Paj Publications
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies