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Albee, Edward - ălˈbē, 1928–, American playwright, one of the leading dramatists of his generation, b. Washington, D.C. Much of his most characteristic work constitutes an absurdist commentary on American life. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962, film 1966), a Tony Award–winner that is generally regarded as his finest play, presents an all-night drinking bout

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Edward Albee: A Casebook » Read Now
by Bruce J.Mann. 156 pgs.

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From the "angry young man" who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1962, determined to expose the emptiness of American experience to Tiny Alice which reveals his indebtedness to Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd, Edward Albee's varied work makes it difficult to label him...
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From the "angry young man" who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1962, determined to expose the emptiness of American experience to Tiny Alice which reveals his indebtedness to Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd, Edward Albee's varied work makes it difficult to label him precisely. Bruce Mann and his contributors approach Albee as an innovator in theatrical form, filling a critical gap in theatrical scholarship.
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Modern American Drama, 1945-2000 (Chap. 5 "Edward Albee: Journey to Apocalypse") » Read Now
by C. W. E. Bigsby. 453 pgs.

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In this new edition of the widely-acclaimed Modern American Drama Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of postwar theater and brings the reader up to 2000. While retaining the key elements of the first edition, including surveys of major figures such as Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, David...
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In this new edition of the widely-acclaimed Modern American Drama Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of postwar theater and brings the reader up to 2000. While retaining the key elements of the first edition, including surveys of major figures such as Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard, Bigsby also explores recent works by established dramatists.
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Won't You Come Home, Edward Albee?, in American Theatre » Read Now
by Steven Drukman. 6 pgs.

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American Theater of the 1960s (Chap. 1 "Edward Albee: First among Equals") » Read Now
by Zoltan Szilassy. 116 pgs.

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Family, Drama, and American Dreams (Discussion of Albee begins on p. 189) » Read Now
by Tom Scanlan. 238 pgs.

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Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility (Discussion of Albee begins on p. 123) » Read Now
by Michael Bronski. 249 pgs.

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Albee and Me, in American Theatre » Read Now
by Marian Seldes. 5 pgs.

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Writers and Philosophers: A Sourcebook of Philosophical Influences on Literature ("Edward Albee" begins on p. 4) » Read Now
by Edmund J. Thomas, Eugene G. Miller. 276 pgs.

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This book provides strong guidance to teachers and students of literature that gives them a greater understanding of the philosophical influences on more than 100 major literary figures. The text describes philosophical influences reflected in their writings as well as references to philosophical...
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This book provides strong guidance to teachers and students of literature that gives them a greater understanding of the philosophical influences on more than 100 major literary figures. The text describes philosophical influences reflected in their writings as well as references to philosophical works that are known to have played a part in their intellectual and aesthetic development.
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Playwright versus Director: Authorial Intentions and Performance Interpretations (Chap. 6 "Danny Mann, Director, and Edward Albee, Playwright;" Chap. 13 "A Playwright-Director Opens Up a Classic: Albee's Direction of Beckett") » Read Now
by Jeane Luere. 180 pgs.

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Giving equal space to the sanctity of script and the artistic freedom of directors, this book addresses the difficulties encountered by playwrights and directors as they bring a script to the stage. Inspired directors can help a writer of genius turn his play into exciting theatre, but playwrights...
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Giving equal space to the sanctity of script and the artistic freedom of directors, this book addresses the difficulties encountered by playwrights and directors as they bring a script to the stage. Inspired directors can help a writer of genius turn his play into exciting theatre, but playwrights find that giving directors leeway to interpret and modify "text" can result in directors' overriding authorial intentions. This book presents the best that has been written by literary theorists on the current definitions of "text" and attempts to depart from quick rule-of-thumb assessments of the problem.
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Strategies of Drama: The Experience of Form (Discussion of Albee's "Zoo Story" begins p. 25) » Read Now
by Oscar Lee Brownstein. 194 pgs.

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This work takes a phenomenological approach to analyzing the dramatic form, focusing not on the interpretation of plays, but rather on Brownstein's perceptions and their sources. The distinct aspects of the dramatic art form are discussed using a wide variety of well-known plays, from ancient Greece...
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This work takes a phenomenological approach to analyzing the dramatic form, focusing not on the interpretation of plays, but rather on Brownstein's perceptions and their sources. The distinct aspects of the dramatic art form are discussed using a wide variety of well-known plays, from ancient Greece to the present day. Brownstein offers a theoretical survey of the "perception shift" that infuses even the smallest element of a play, the forces that are expressed through major dramatic strategies, and the ways in which a single narrative sequence may serve both prospective and retrospective strategies.
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Edward Albee, in The Progressive » Read Now
by Richard Farr. 3 pgs.

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Albee's The American Dream, in Explicator » Read Now
by Don D. Moore. 1 pgs.

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Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, in Explicator » Read Now
by Vernon Hall. 1 pgs.

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Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights: An A-To-Z Guide ("Edward Albee (1928-)" begins on p. 1) » Read Now
by Emmanuel S. Nelson. 480 pgs.

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With a few notable exceptions, gay artists of earlier generations felt compelled to avoid sexual candor in their writings. Conversely, most contemporary gay poets and playwrights are free from such constraints and have created a remarkable body of work. This reference is a guide to their creative...
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With a few notable exceptions, gay artists of earlier generations felt compelled to avoid sexual candor in their writings. Conversely, most contemporary gay poets and playwrights are free from such constraints and have created a remarkable body of work. This reference is a guide to their creative achievements. Alphabetically arranged entries present 62 contemporary gay American poets and dramatists. A number of these writers are well known, including Edward Albee, Harvey Fierstein, and Allen Ginsberg. Others, such as Alan Bowne, Timothy Liu, and Robert O'Hara, merit wider recognition. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies.
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