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Author:
Shepherd-Barr, Kirsten, 1966- author.
Title:
Theatre and evolution from Ibsen to Beckett / Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xiii, 380 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Science and the arts--History.
Theater and society--History.
Evolution (Biology)
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882--Influence.
Science--History.--History.
Darwin, Charles,--1809-1882.
Evolution (Biology)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Science and the arts.
Science--Social aspects.
Theater and society.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"I'm evolving!" birds, beasts and parodies -- Confronting the serious side -- "On the contrary!" Ibsen's evolutionary vision -- "Ugly but irresistible": maternal instinct on stage -- Edwardians and Eugenicists -- Reproductive issues -- mid-century American engagements with evolution -- Beckett's "old muckball" -- Epilogue: Staging the anthropocene.
ISBN:
023116470X
9780231164702
OCLC:
(OCoLC)890377408
LCCN:
2014028479
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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