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Retreats from Realism in Recent English Drama

Retreats from Realism in Recent English Drama( )
Author: Cohn, Ruby
ISBN:978-0-521-10693-1
Publication Date:Apr 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $43.99
Book Description:

Ruby Cohn assumes realism to be the dominant mode in English theatre since 1956, the year of John Osbourne's Look Back in Anger. She argues, however, that the most provocative plays of the last few decades have departed from realism and she traces certain patterns of departure which are familiar in the long tradition of English drama.

Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Drama
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.507 Inches
Book Weight:0.748 Pounds
Author Biography
Cohn, Ruby (Author)
Ruby Cohn is Professor Emerita of Comparative Drama, University of California, Davis. She is author or editor of many books, including "Anglo-American Interplay in Recent Drama"; "Retreats from Realism in Recent English Drama"; "From Desire to Godot"; & "Just Play: Beckett's Theater".

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