The French Theater of the Absurd by Deborah B. Gaensbauer - 1991

Twayne Pub, 1991-09-01. Hardcover. Clean & Unmarked. 5x0x8. Ownership stamp on front paste-down. Otherwise a very nice clean & straight copy. Dust-jacket has bump with small closed tear on rear tail, both corners. Overall quite an attractive copy. 137 pp.

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Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers / G. K. Hall and Co., 1991. Clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. Highlighting on 4 pages only. All other pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Sharp corners. Chronology. Notes and References. Selected Bibliography. Index. From the author's Introduction: "The theater of the absurd is antirealistic, antipsychological, antiphilosophical and apolitical." From the Dust Jacket: "Gaensbauer examines this particular theater's modus operandi -- its antecedents in art and poetry as well as drama -- and the works of its best-known practitioners. In part 1, Gaensbauer firmly lays the foundation... by describing the events -- such as dadaism and surrealism -- and the persons -- primarily poet and theatrical visionary Antonin Artaud -- who helped spawn it. Part 2 discusses the principal absurdist works of Beckett, Ionesco, Adamov, and Genet, as well as those… Read More