Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett /

Theatre and Evolution from Ibsen to Beckett / / Kirsten Shepherd-Barr.

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Evolutionary theory made its stage debut as early as the 1840s, reflecting a scientific advancement that was fast changing the world. Tracing this development in dozens of mainstream European and American plays, as well as in circus, vaudeville, pantomime, and "missing link" performances,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Shepherd-Barr, Kirsten,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.) :; ‹B›6 b&w illustrations‹/B›
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. "I'm Evolving!": Birds, Beasts, and Parodies
  • 2. Confronting the Serious Side
  • 3. "On the Contrary!": Ibsen's Evolutionary Vision
  • 4. "Ugly . . . but Irresistible": Maternal Instinct on Stage
  • 5. Edwardians and Eugenicists
  • 6. Reproductive Issues
  • 7. Midcentury American Engagements with Evolution
  • 8. Beckett's "Old Muckball"
  • Epilogue: Staging the Anthropocene
  • Notes
  • Index

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