The witching hour and other plays
Nina Sadur, the playwright, occupies a prominent place in the Soviet/Russian drama pantheon of the 1980's and 1990's, a group that has with few exceptions been generally ignored by the Western literary establishment. The plays included in this volume offer some of Sadur's most influen...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Brighton, Massachusetts :
Academic Studies Press
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421022006719 |
| Sumario: | Nina Sadur, the playwright, occupies a prominent place in the Soviet/Russian drama pantheon of the 1980's and 1990's, a group that has with few exceptions been generally ignored by the Western literary establishment. The plays included in this volume offer some of Sadur's most influential works for the theater to the English-speaking audience for the first time. The collection will appeal to readers interested in Russian literature and culture, Russian theater, as well as women's literature. Sadur's plays are inspired by symbolist drama, the theater of the absurd and Russian folklore, yet are also infused with contemporary reality and populated by contemporary characters. Her work is overtly gynocentric: the fictional world construes women's traditionally downplayed concerns as narratively and existentially central and crucial. Sadur's drama has exerted a tremendous influence on contemporary Russian literature. Working essentially in isolation, Sadur was able to combine the early twentieth century dramatic discourse with that of the late Soviet era. Having built a bridge between the two eras, Sadur prepared the rise of the new Russian drama of the 2000's. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781618117083 9781618113993 9781618114006 |
