This book argues that the medieval mimus is an important antecedent to the title designation, and presents Manuel de Pedrolo's Homes i No as a prominent example. The last section describes its significance and cites Eva Metman's assertion that contemporary drama features mankind alone with demonic powers. The author states that the American belief in progress has prevented the title genre from gaining a foothold there, and that the disillusionment caused by World War Two spurred its development throughout Europe. Its author later turned the section on Harold Pinter into his book The Peopled Wound, and it begins with chapters on Arthur Adamov, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco, and Samuel Beckett. FTP, name this book by Martin Esslin which defined a new genre of plays that express the arbitrariness of the modern world.
This book argues that the medieval mimus is an important antecedent to the title designation, and presents Manuel de Pedrolo's Homes i No as a prominent example. The last section describes its significance and cites Eva Metman's assertion that contemporary drama features mankind alone with demonic powers. The author states that the American belief in progress has prevented the title genre from gaining a foothold there, and that the disillusionment caused by World War Two spurred its development throughout Europe. Its author later turned the section on Harold Pinter into his book The Peopled Wound, and it begins with chapters on Arthur Adamov, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco, and Samuel Beckett. FTP, name this book by Martin Esslin which defined a new genre of plays that express the arbitrariness of the modern world.
This book argues that the medieval mimus is an important antecedent to the title designation, and presents Manuel de Pedrolo's Homes i
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