Format:
XIII, 380 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780231164702
,
023116470X
,
9780231538923
,
0231538928
Content:
"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
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
General works
,
English Studies
Keywords:
Theater
;
Evolution
;
Evolutionstheorie
;
Geschichte 1840-1980