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- ISBN 9780313297359
- Publication Date: 21 Jun 1996
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This first book dedicated to US-Cuban playwright/director Maria Irene Fornes is a lucid theoretical, historical, and production-oriented study of Fornes' published works and their critical legacy. Kent argues that most critics, including a range of theatre feminists, have yet to fully explicate the incisive social critique presented in Fornes' work. Examining the complex relationships between Fornes' aesthetic innovations and her unconventional social politics, Kent presents a comprehensive, contextualized study of Fornes work and the critics' response.
ASSUNTA BARTOLOMUCCI KENT is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine and book review editor for the New England Theatre Journal. In addition to publishing articles in journals such as Theatre Topics, Theatre Studies, and the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism she contributed a critical analysis of Fornes' play Springtime for the volume Amazon All-Stars: Thirteen Lesbian Plays. Kent's production work includes direction, dramaturgy, script adaptation, oral interpretation, creative drama, and advocacy theatre.
