Patrick McGuinness

Maurice Maeterlinck and the Making of Modern Theatre

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Produktbeschreibung

Opening with a chapter on Maeterlinck's Symbolist and decadent beginnings, and proceeding by way of comparative readings of Maeterlinck and contemporary Symbolist dramatic theory (with particular attention to Mallarme), Maurice Maeterlinck and the Making of Modern Theatre provides close readings of the one-act plays, and his seminal theories of static theatre and the theatre of waiting.

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Maurice Maeterlinck has been called the 'prodigal father' of modern theatre. As Rilke put it, he shifted theatre's center of gravity, replacing action with inaction, events with the eventless, and dialogue with an expressive semantics of silence. This study, the first in over a decade, traces the development of Maeterlinck's dramatic vision of extraordinary originality and depth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780198159773
• ISBN-10: 0198159773
• Artikelnr.: 22143987

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Symbolist Beginnings
La Princesse Maleine and Symbolist Theatre
Maeterlinck, Mallarmé, and Symbolist Dramatic Theory
Theatre and the Invisible Principle: Pelléas and Mélisande
Using the Stage: the One-act Plays
The Fecund Interval: 'Le Tragique quotidien'
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index