Telling it Slant – Avant–garde Poetics of the 1990s Wallace Marks Paperback

Telling It SlantAvant-garde Poetics of the 1990s\nAuthor(s): Mark Wallace, Steven Marks\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817310974, 978-0817310974\nSynopsis\nPolitical commentary is possible through \""\""variety\""\"" theatre, this volume contends. Compiled from the April 2000 Theatre Symposium held on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, this collection of essays presents a compelling mix of theoretical and practical viewpoints from a broad diversity of scholars from around the country. What remains to be learned about the political objectives of Brecht's Lehrstriucke? What political power is resident in the satirical humor of Dario Fo's drama? What can we learn from Mordecai Gorelik's political/artistic philosophy that might inform contemporary practice? What was the impact of political theatre on Broadway between the wars? Is Thornton Wilder's Our Town the play we've a.