{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-the-absurd-miroslaw-kocur-9783631853764","title":"The Theatre of the Absurd, the Grotesque and Politics: A Study of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe monograph deals with chosen aspects of modern drama based on the output of three playwrights. It discusses the works of Beckett, Pinter and Stoppard in reference to their employment of the grotesque and the theatre of the absurd. Elements of the grotesque appear in political dramas of all three playwrights. While Beckett does not shy away from absurdity in his plays, some of the early dramas of Pinter and Stoppard present a general existential condition of man, even though their strictly political plays are basically realistic in respect to form, yet satirical in their content. Most of the political plays discussed portray the absurdity of totalitarian countries, stemming from the tragicomic discrepancy between what the authorities are saying they are doing and their actual actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miroslaw Kocur,Jadwiga Uchman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3631853769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783631853764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"Miroslaw Kocur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48175502000383,"sku":"9783631853764","price":58.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8aab59e-a8ae-4b4b-81fd-02b9c65a8dd6.jpg?v=1771334112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-the-absurd-miroslaw-kocur-9783631853764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}