by Martin Esslin · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140137286
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«The Theatre of the Absurd» is Martin Esslin's literary criticism essay, published by Penguin Books in paperback (480 pages, in English).
The study presents the currents of contemporary theater that transformed the twentieth-century stage and analyzes how they reflect a new way of understanding the world. Drawing on authors such as Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, Albee and Pinter, Esslin examines the keys to absurd drama and its influence on modern playwriting.
Third edition, published in 1987 within the Penguin Literary Criticism series. Includes index and bibliography.
Recommended for students of literature and theater and for readers interested in twentieth-century dramatic criticism.
