Mimetic Disillusion

Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. Dramatic Realism

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, American, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Mimetic Disillusion by Anne Fleche, University of Alabama Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Anne Fleche ISBN: 9780817381851
Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication: July 15, 2008
Imprint: University Alabama Press Language: English
Author: Anne Fleche
ISBN: 9780817381851
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Publication: July 15, 2008
Imprint: University Alabama Press
Language: English

Mimetic Disillusion reevaluates the history of modern U.S. drama, showing that at mid-century it turned in the direction of a poststructuralist "disillusionment with mimesis" or mimicry.

This volume focuses on two major writers of the 1930s and 1940s--Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams--one whose writing career was just ending and the other whose career was just beginning. In new readings of their major works from this period, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Iceman Cometh, The Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire, Fleche develops connections to the writings of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and Michel Foucault, among others, and discusses poststructuralism in the light of modern writers such as Bertolt Brecht, Antonin Artaud, and Walter Benjamin. Fleche also extends this discussion to the work of two contemporary playwrights, Adrienne Kennedy and Tony Kushner. The aim of Mimetic Disillusion is not to reject "mimetic" and "realistic" readings but to explore the rich complexities of these two ideas and the fruit of their ongoing relevance to U.S. theatre.
 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Mimetic Disillusion reevaluates the history of modern U.S. drama, showing that at mid-century it turned in the direction of a poststructuralist "disillusionment with mimesis" or mimicry.

This volume focuses on two major writers of the 1930s and 1940s--Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams--one whose writing career was just ending and the other whose career was just beginning. In new readings of their major works from this period, Long Day's Journey into Night, The Iceman Cometh, The Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire, Fleche develops connections to the writings of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, and Michel Foucault, among others, and discusses poststructuralism in the light of modern writers such as Bertolt Brecht, Antonin Artaud, and Walter Benjamin. Fleche also extends this discussion to the work of two contemporary playwrights, Adrienne Kennedy and Tony Kushner. The aim of Mimetic Disillusion is not to reject "mimetic" and "realistic" readings but to explore the rich complexities of these two ideas and the fruit of their ongoing relevance to U.S. theatre.
 

More books from University of Alabama Press

Cover of the book Bioarchaeological Studies of Life in the Age of Agriculture by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Imperfect Fit by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Governing Narratives by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Showing Teeth to the Dragons by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Beyond the Blockade by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book True Faith and Allegiance by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Beautiful War by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Tennesseans at War, 1812–1815 by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Archaeology of Southern Urban Landscapes by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book The Possibility of Music by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Ernest Hemingway by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book American Drama in the Age of Film by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors by Anne Fleche
Cover of the book Mark Twain at Home by Anne Fleche
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy