{"product_id":"9781472506672","title":"Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd : Ecology, the Environment and the Greening of the Modern Stage","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRethinking the Theatre of the Absurd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking the Theatre of the Absurd \u003c\/i\u003eis an innovative collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of theatre, performance and eco-criticism, which reconfigures absurdist theatre through the optics of ecology and environment. As well as offering strikingly new interpretations of the work of canonical playwrights such as Beckett, Genet, Ionesco, Adamov, Albee, Kafka, Pinter, Shephard and Churchill, the book playfully mimics the structure of Martin Esslin's classic text \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of the Absurd\u003c\/i\u003e, which is commonly recognised as one of the most important scholarly publications of the 20th century. By reading absurdist drama, for the first time, as an emergent form of ecological theatre, \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Theatre of the Absurd \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates afresh the very meaning of absurdism for 21st-century audiences, while at the same time making a significant contribution to the development of theatre and performance studies as a whole. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection's interdisciplinary approach, accessibility, and ecological focus will appeal to students and academics in a number of different fields, including theatre, performance, English, French, geography and philosophy. It will also have a major impact on the new cross disciplinary paradigm of eco-criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A landmark study in second wave ecocriticism, \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Theatre of the Absurd\u003c\/i\u003e excavates the non-anthropocentric aesthetics of classic absurdist theatre. It also convincingly suggests absurdism’s foundational relevance to contemporary notions of ecological theatre … The insightful analyses of this volume of essays reposition absurdism as a deconstruction of the systems of thought and (dramatic) subjectivity that undergird our anti-ecological behaviors … This book will be of special interest to those who study absurdism, but it will appeal to anyone who has ever questioned the boundaries inscribed between mind and nature, social reality and the greater environment.” – \u003ci\u003eJournal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472506672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40596285784270,"sku":"9781472506672","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472506672","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}