The Absent Father in Modern Drama

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P. Lang, 1995 - 162 páginas
"From the Freudians to the feminists, the role of the absent or hidden father figure has played a part in narrative and cultural theory. This work presents the first full-length examination of the absent father in modern drama. It closely analyzes major works by Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Williams, Miller, Shepard, Rabe, Henley, Norman, Pielmeier, Shaffer, Osborne, Churchill, and Fugard. Using the critical framework of psychological, deconstructive, and myth criticism, this book demonstrates how the consistent focus on an imposing father figure who never physically appears onstage affects the psychological, social, and metaphysical structure of major modern dramas."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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The Author: Paul Rosefeldt is an associate professor of English at Delgado College in New Orleans and chairs the modern drama section of the South Central Modern Language Association. He received an M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of New Orleans and a Ph.D. in English from Louisiana State University. Dr. Rosefeldt has published numerous articles on modern drama, and his latest work, a biblical study of George S. Kaufmann, appears in American Playwrights: 1880-1945.

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