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Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning
playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And
here are seven of his very best.
"One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work
today."--"The New Yorker"
"The greatest American playwright of his generation...the most
inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, he] is the writer
whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior
landscapes of his society."--"New York Magazine"
"If plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a
sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. in the past decade and a
half from the works of Sam Shepard."--"Time
"
"Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and
one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American
stage."--Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of "'Night,
Mother.
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"One of our best and most challenging playwrights...his plays are a
form of exorcism: magical, sometimes surreal rituals that grapple
with the demonic forces in the American landscape."--"Newsweek"
"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and
inscrutable."--"Esquire"
"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American
playwright."--"The New Republic"
Literary Nonfiction. Philosophy & Critical Theory. Despite
recent crises in the financial system, uprisings in Greece; France;
Tunisia; and Bolivia, worldwide decline of faith in neoliberal
trade policies, deepening ecological catastrophes, and global
deficits of realized democracy, we still live in an era of
"spectacular capitalism." But what is "spectacular capitalism?"
Spectacular capitalism is the dominant mythology of capitalism that
disguises its internal logic and denies the macroeconomic reality
of the actually existing capitalist world. Taking on this elusive
mythology, and those who too easily accept it, Richard
Gilman-Opalsky exposes the manipulative and self-serving narrative
of spectacular capitalism. Drawing on the work of Guy Debord,
Gilman-Opalsky argues that the theory of practice and practice of
theory are superseded by upheavals that do the work of philosophy.
The problems of capitalism have been studied from Karl Marx to
Thomas Piketty. The latter has recently confirmed that the system
of capital is deeply bound up in ever-growing inequality without
challenging the continuance of that system. Against Capital in the
Twenty-First Century presents a diversity of analyses and visions
opposed to the idea that capital should have yet another century to
govern human and non-human resources in the interest of profit and
accumulation. The editors and contributors to this timely volume
present alternatives to the whole liberal litany of administered
economies, tax policy recommendations, and half-measures. They
undermine and reject the logic of capital, and the foregone
conclusion that the twenty-first century should be given over to
capital just as the previous two centuries were. Providing a deep
critique of capitalism, based on assessment from a wide range of
cultural, social, political, and ecological thinking, Against
Capital in the Twenty-First Century insists that transformative,
revolutionary, and abolitionist responses to capital are even more
necessary in the twenty-first century than they ever were.
This book is about the public sphere and the various ways it has
been theorized as a driving mechanism for social and political
change. Public spheres are the places where people come together to
actively engage in new ideas and arguments, where collective
interests and a collective political will are formed, and where
social movements and rebellions get their start. Conventionally,
the public sphere has been understood nationally as a body made up
of citizens who gather in particular places and times and who speak
to the governments that claim to represent them. But increasingly,
in light of debates about globalization, theorists are considering
the political possibilities for transnational public spheres. The
public sphere is generally discussed in either a national or
transnational context. Unbounded Publics argues that there has been
and can be a different kind of sphere, atransgressive public
sphere, one that exists in both contexts at once. Power, politics,
and people do not always abide by imagined or legally enforced
boundaries. Throughout history, various publics have struggled to
hold sway to wield political influence and often, these public
spheres have been simultaneously national and transnational in
important ways. The most self-consciously transgressive public
spheres have been formed by structurally disadvantaged people by
those excluded from participation, by those with unstable or
partial citizenship, and by those who are neglected or
marginalized. Gilman-Opalsky's guiding illustration of the
transgressive public sphere in the book is found in the case of the
Mexican Zapatistas. This book is a valuable resource for those
interested in political theories of the public sphere,
globalization, cosmopolitanism, social movements, and political
identity. Moreover, the author argues for a vital new way to think
about, discuss, and participate in public spheres today. Without
transgressive public spheres, Gilman-Opalsky contends, institutions
that function both within and beyond natio
This book is about the public sphere and the various ways it has
been theorized as a driving mechanism for social and political
change. Public spheres are the places where people come together to
actively engage in new ideas and arguments, where collective
interests and a collective political will are formed, and where
social movements and rebellions get their start. Conventionally,
the public sphere has been understood nationally_as a body made up
of citizens who gather in particular places and times and who speak
to the governments that claim to represent them. But increasingly,
in light of debates about globalization, theorists are considering
the political possibilities for transnational public spheres. The
public sphere is generally discussed in either a national or
transnational context. Unbounded Publics argues that there has been
and can be a different kind of sphere, atransgressive public
sphere, one that exists in both contexts at once. Power, politics,
and people do not always abide by imagined or legally enforced
boundaries. Throughout history, various publics have struggled to
hold sway_to wield political influence_and often, these public
spheres have been simultaneously national and transnational in
important ways. The most self-consciously transgressive public
spheres have been formed by structurally disadvantaged people_by
those excluded from participation, by those with unstable or
partial citizenship, and by those who are neglected or
marginalized. Gilman-Opalsky's guiding illustration of the
transgressive public sphere in the book is found in the case of the
Mexican Zapatistas. This book is a valuable resource for those
interested in political theories of the public sphere,
globalization, cosmopolitanism, social movements, and political
identity. Moreover, the author argues for a vital new way to think
about, discuss, and participate in public spheres today. Without
transgressive public spheres, Gilman-Opalsky contends, institutions
that function both within and beyond national boudaries grow
increasingly unaccountable and elude the democratic steering of the
people.
This highly acclaimed critical exploration of modern drama begins
with Bchner and Ibsen and then discusses the major playwrights who
have shaped modern theater-Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht,
Beckett, and Handke. A new introduction by the author assesses
developments of recent years. Reviews of the earlier editions: "The
best single study of the astonishing transformations dramatic art
has undergone in the last century or so."-Thomas R. Edwards, New
York Times Book Review "In its field this is one of the choice
books of the century. It moves toward the deepest sources of some
great plays, so it deepens their effect on us."-Stanley Kauffmann
"The Making of Modern Drama has no rivals. Richard Gilman's account
of his fascinating subject is written with love, measure, and
authority."-Susan Sontag "Gilman's book on the genesis and
development of contemporary drama is acute, beautifully
accomplished, and, I think, important."-Donald Barthelme
The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and
other plays of Anton Chekhov have been acclaimed by audiences and
readers since they first began appearing in the late nineteenth
century. In this eloquent and insightful book, an eminent critic
explores the reasons behind the enduring power of Chekhov's works.
Richard Gilman examines each of Chekhov's full-length plays,
showing how they relate to each other, to Chekhov's short stories,
and to his life. He also places the plays in the context of Russian
and European drama and the larger culture of the period. Gilman
interweaves biographical narrative with textual commentary and with
a discussion of stagecraft and dramaturgy-Chekhov's techniques for
influencing viewers, the scenic framing of the action, and issues
of genre and temporal structuring. Although previous critics of
Chekhov have tended to view him as an essentially social dramatist
or as an observer of the smaller aspects of existence, Gilman
asserts that Chekhov was far more of an innovative playwright, a
revolutionary, than has been seen. His book-the most complete,
acute, and elegant study of this master playwright ever
written-will appeal to all those who care about Chekhov, theater,
and the life of the mind.
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