Tuning in to the Neo-Avant-Garde - Experimental Radio Plays in the Postwar Period

This collection offers the first in-depth study of the radio medium's significance as a site of artistic experimentation for the literary neo-avant-garde in the postwar era. It addresses institutional and contextual aspects of audio drama, as well as intermedial and material issues alongside ideological and political topics.

About the author

Inge Arteel is Associate Professor of German Literature at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Lars Bernaerts is Associate Professor of Dutch Literature at the Department of Literary Studies of Ghent University
Siebe Bluijs is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Communication and Cognition of Tilburg University
Pim Verhulst is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford and a Teaching Assistant at the University of Antwerp

Summary

This collection offers the first in-depth study of the radio medium’s significance as a site of artistic experimentation for the literary neo-avant-garde in the postwar era. It addresses institutional and contextual aspects of audio drama, as well as intermedial and material issues alongside ideological and political topics. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Inge Arteel, Inge Bernaerts Arteel
• Assisted by: Inge Arteel (Editor), Inge Arteelm (Editor), Lars Bernaerts (Editor), Siebe Bluijs (Editor), Pim Verhulst (Editor), Verhulst Pim (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781526155719
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5571-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Radio, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / History & Criticism, Literature: history & criticism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Radio / Podcasts, Literature: history and criticism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)