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