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Action and Consequence in Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg

Action and Consequence in Ibsen, Chekhov and Strindberg - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Zander BrietzkeAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-11-10Pages:212
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476672236ISBN-10:1476672237UPC:9781476672236Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:ModernBook Topic:19th Century, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 5.80 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCGKMB2JCF

 Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov and August Strindberg--innovators of modern drama--created characters whose reckless pursuits of irrational objectives blind them to better options. Ibsen's protagonists in A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler and The Master Builder try to bend the world to conform to their personal visions--with disastrous results. Chekhov's characters refuse to do anything, instead dramatizing their lives as if they were actors in a play (which they are). Rehearsing the intractable squabbles between men and women in The Dance of Death and The Ghost Sonata, Strindberg suggests that only in life beyond death can humanity transcend the brutality of existence. Together, the lives of these characters offer a study of the individual's struggle with modernity.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476672236ISBN-10:1476672237UPC:9781476672236Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:ModernBook Topic:19th Century, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 5.80 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6195Product ID:SCGKMB2JCF
Zander Brietzke has taught at Lehigh University, The College of Wooster and Columbia University. He is also a former production assistant, stage manager, and assistant director. He lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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