The contemporary American monologue : : performance and politics / / Eddie Paterson.

"Talk-show confessions, online rants, stand-up routines, inspirational speeches, banal reflections and calls to arms: we live in an age of solo voices demanding to be heard. In The Contemporary American Monologue Eddie Paterson looks at the pioneering work of US artists Spalding Gray, Laurie An...

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Superior document:Methuen drama engage
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Place / Publishing House:London ;, New York : : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Methuen drama engage.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages) :; illustrations.
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  • IntroductionChapter 1: Monologue in Drama Chapter 2: Monologue in the US Chapter 3: Confessional monologue: Spalding GrayChapter 4: Punk monologue: Laurie AndersonChapter 5: Rights monologue: Anna Deavere SmithChapter 6: Radical monologue: Karen FinleyChapter 7: Future monologues Addendum: 'I didn't fall asleep' an interview with Karen FinleyEndnotesIndex.