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Beckett´S Breath: Anti-Theatricality and the Visual Arts
Sozita Goudouna
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Hardback. Breath (1969) is the focus and the only theatrical text examined in this study, which demonstrates how the piece became emblematic of the interdisciplinary exchanges that occur in Beckett's later writings, and of the cross-fertilisation of the theatre with the visual arts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Examines the intersection of Samuel Beckett's thirty-second playlet Breath with the visual artsSamuel Beckett, one of the most prominent playwrights of the twentieth century, wrote a thirty-second playlet for the stage that does not include actors, text, characters or drama but only stage directions. 'Breath' (1969) is the focus and the only theatrical text examined in this study, which demonstrates how the piece became emblematic of the interdisciplinary exchanges that occur in Beckett's later writings, and of the cross-fertilisation of the theatre with the visual arts. The book attends to fifty breath-related artworks (including sculpture, painting, new media, sound art, ... Read more
Examines the intersection of Samuel Beckett's thirty-second playlet Breath with the visual artsSamuel Beckett, one of the most prominent playwrights of the twentieth century, wrote a thirty-second playlet for the stage that does not include actors, text, characters or drama but only stage directions. 'Breath' (1969) is the focus and the only theatrical text examined in this study, which demonstrates how the piece became emblematic of the interdisciplinary exchanges that occur in Beckett's later writings, and of the cross-fertilisation of the theatre with the visual arts. The book attends to fifty breath-related artworks (including sculpture, painting, new media, sound art, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474421645
SKU
V9781474421645
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About Sozita Goudouna
Sozita Goudouna is Andrew W. Mellon Fellow Performa Teaching Associate at New York University.
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