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Expressionism and Modernism in the American Theatre - Bodies, Voices, Words (Hardcover, New)
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Expressionism and Modernism in the American Theatre - Bodies, Voices, Words (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama
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Although often dismissed as a minor offshoot of the better-known
German movement, expressionism on the American stage represents a
critical phase in the development of American dramatic modernism.
Situating expressionism within the context of early
twentieth-century American culture, Walker demonstrates how
playwrights who wrote in this mode were responding both to new
communications technologies and to the perceived threat they posed
to the embodied act of meaning. At a time when mute bodies
gesticulated on the silver screen, ghostly voices emanated from tin
horns, and inked words stamped out the personality of the hand that
composed them, expressionist playwrights began to represent these
new cultural experiences by disarticulating the theatrical
languages of bodies, voices and words. In doing so, they not only
innovated a new dramatic form, but redefined playwriting from a
theatrical craft to a literary art form, heralding the birth of
American dramatic modernism.
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Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama |
Release date: |
June 2005 |
First published: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Julia A. Walker
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
314 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-84747-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-521-84747-8 |
Barcode: |
9780521847476 |
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