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The new war plays : from Kane to Harris
- Title
- The new war plays : from Kane to Harris / Julia Boll.
- Author
- Boll, Julia.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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Details
- Description
- vii, 183 p.; 23 cm
- Summary
- "How can war be represented on stage? How does the theatre examine the structures leading to violence and war and explore their transformation of societies? Springing from the discussion about 'New Wars' in the age of globalisation, this study demonstrates how these 'New Wars' bring forth new plays about war. These plays examine the state of war in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century by introducing the traits of the New Wars and the state of exception as crucial frames of reference. Exposing the homo sacer as one of the remaining taboos of our stages and the political taboo of our society, they attempt to find the truth about war in testimonies that nurse western society's vicarious and actual traumas, and reveal the 'war palimpsest' on stage by demonstrating how the New Wars are underwritten by the Thirty-Years War and ancient warfare. Looking at well-known plays such as Sarah Kane's Blasted, Caryl Churchill's Far Away and Gregory Burke's Black Watch, Boll also discusses works such as Zinnie Harris's war trilogy Midwinter, Solstice and Fall, David Greig's Dunsinane and Elfriede Jelinek's Bambiland"--
- Subjects
- English drama
- War and literature
- War
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama
- Literature
- English drama > 20th century > History and criticism
- 1900 - 2099
- War in literature
- PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
- War and literature > Great Britain
- DRAMA / General
- Great Britain
- English drama > 21st century > History and criticism
- PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- LITERARY CRITICISM / General
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. War -- 2. Taboo -- 3. Testimony -- 4. Palimpsest -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-490
- ISBN
- 9781137330017 (hardback)
- 1137330015 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2013043896
- OCLC
- 848162853
- Author
- Boll, Julia.
- Title
- The new war plays : from Kane to Harris / Julia Boll.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 2099
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-490