| Theatrical Gestures of Belgian Modernism: Dada, Surrealism, Futurism, and Pure Plastic in Twentieth-Century Belgian Theatre Contributor(s): Flanell Friedman, Donald (Editor), Willinger, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820455032 ISBN-13: 9780820455037 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $92.53 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Literary Criticism | European - French - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 842.910 |
| LCCN: 2002002231 |
| Series: Belgian Francophone Library |
| Physical Information: 198 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theatrical Gestures of Belgian Modernism assembles a series of brilliant dramatic works issuing from a remarkably fecund modern period of artistic creation in Belgium. It includes dadaists like Cl ment Pansaers and Paul Joostens; surrealists like Paul Noug , Ren Magritte, Paul Colinet, Fernand Dumont, and Marcel Mari n; expressionists like Michel De Ghelderode and Norge; and futurists like Georges Linze. In an introduction of great historical accuracy and detail, editor David Willinger guides the reader through the maze of modernist tendencies that blossomed, intersected, and combated throughout the first part of the twentieth century in Belgium. Many of these works, whose extraordinary iconoclasm defy presentation on a conventional stage, herald some of the more radical experiments in theatrical and dramatic craft later in the century. |
