Writing and the Modern Stage: Theater beyond Drama by Julia Jarcho 9781107584815

Writing and the Modern Stage: Theater beyond Drama by Julia Jarcho 9781107584815

Writing and the Modern StageTheater beyond Drama\nAuthor(s): Julia Jarcho\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107584815, 978-1107584815\nSynopsis\nIt is time to change the way we talk about writing in theater. This book offers a new argument that reimagines modern theater's critical power and places innovative writing at the heart of the experimental stage. While performance studies, German Theaterwissenschaft, and even text-based drama studies have commonly envisioned theatrical performance as something that must operate beyond the limits of the textual imagination, this book shows how a series of writers have actively shaped new conceptions of theater's radical potential. Engaging with a range of theorists, including Theodor Adorno, Jarcho reveals a modern tradition of 'negative theatrics,' whose artists undermine the here and now of performance in order to challenge the value and the power of .

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