Politics and Theatre in Twentieth-Century Europe - Imagination and Resistance

Informationen zum Autor Margot Morgan is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Southeast, USA. She currently serves as Book Review Managing Editor for Perspectives on Politics, a flagship journal of the American Political Science Association. Klappentext This book explores the connection between politics and theatre by looking at the works and lives of Shaw! Brecht! Sartre! and Ionesco! providing a cultural history detailing the changing role of political theatre in twentieth-century Europe. Zusammenfassung This book explores the connection between politics and theatre by looking at the works and lives of Shaw! Brecht! Sartre! and Ionesco! providing a cultural history detailing the changing role of political theatre in twentieth-century Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Political Theatre as Political Theory 2. George Bernard Shaw: The Theatre of Bourgeois Radicalism 3. Bertolt Brecht: The Theatre of Proletarian Revolution 4. Jean-Paul Sartre: The Theatre of Situations 5. Eugène Ionesco: The Theatre of the Absurd 6. Conclusion: Political Theatre as Political Practice

List of contents

1. Introduction: Political Theatre as Political Theory 2. George Bernard Shaw: The Theatre of Bourgeois Radicalism 3. Bertolt Brecht: The Theatre of Proletarian Revolution 4. Jean-Paul Sartre: The Theatre of Situations 5. Eugène Ionesco: The Theatre of the Absurd 6. Conclusion: Political Theatre as Political Practice

Product details

• Authors: M Morgan, M. Morgan, Margot Morgan
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2013
• EAN: 9781349477067
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47706-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice; Critical Political Theory and; Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Theater, B, Performing Arts, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Theatre Studies, social and political philosophy, Political History, History: specific events and topics, World Politics, Political science and theory, Theatre and Performance Arts, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Theater—History, Theatre History, Theatre and Performance Studies, History of Performing Arts, Political science—Philosophy, Europe;political theory;politics;revolution;theatre