Mama Dada Gertrude Stein's Avant - Garde Theatre

Binding: Paperback
Description: Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic avant - gardes. Since the publication of Stein's major writings by the Library of America in 1998, interest in her dramatic writing has escalated particularly in American avant - garde theaters. This book addresses the growing interest in Stein's theater by offering the first detailed analyses of her major plays and by considering them within a larger history of avant - garde performance. In addition to comparing Stein's plays and theories to those generated by Dadaists Surrealists and Futurists this study further explores the uniqueness of Stein via these theatrical movements including discussions of her interest in American life and drama which argues that a significant and heretofore unrecognized relationship exists among the histories of avant - garde drama cinema and homosexuality. By examining and explaining the relationship among these three histories the dramatic writings of Stein can best be understood not only as examples of literary modernism but also as influential dramatic works that have had a lasting effect on the American theatrical avant -
Title: Mama Dada Gertrude Stein's Avant - Garde Theatre
Author(s): Bay - Cheng Sarah
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415977234
Pages: 220 Pages, 9 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 9/29/2005
Series: Studies in Modern Drama
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights