Ecology and Environment in European Drama.

Ecology and Environment in European Drama.

Looking at European drama through an ecological lens, this book chronicles nature and the environment as primary topics in major plays from ancient to recent times. It focuses on the few, yet well-known plays in which nature is at stake in the action or the environment is a dramatic force.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cless, Downing
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Series:Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies, 14.
Subjects:
European drama > History and criticism.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Ecology in literature
European drama
Nature in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Greek Tragedy; 3 Aristophanes' The Birds; 4 From Menander to Moralities; 5 Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; 6 Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest; 7 From Renaissance to Romanticism; 8 Ibsen and Chekhov; 9 Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot; 10 Brecht, Beckett, and Beyond: A Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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