{"product_id":"theatre-of-naturalism","title":"Theatre of Naturalism","description":"The impact of naturalism, a literary approach invented by Zola and especially significant in the field of the novel through his American «disciples» Crane, Norris, and Dreiser, is well acknowledged and recognized. Not so well recognized, but equally important, is naturalistic theatre; this was a style that also originated with Zola, but its progeny was more international and its significance more radical and insurrectionary than in the less «spectacular» genre of fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Naturalism: Disappearing Act\u003c\/i\u003e establishes the incipiently revolutionary context (between the Paris Communist Commune, crushed in 1871, and the successful Bolshevik insurrection of October 1917) – more or less foregrounded or in the background of works by Zola, Strindberg, Ibsen, Hauptmann, Synge, Shaw, and Tolstoy, focused especially on issues of class struggle and class war, as well as the prospects and possibilities of challenging the hegemony of the ruling orders. Especially in regard to later theatre, for instance the «hypernaturalism» of \u003ci\u003eThe Brig\u003c\/i\u003e (Living Theatre) of Kenneth Brown, and of plays by Arnold Wesker and David Storey – Philip Beitchman frequently invokes themes culled from recent French theory, particularly Derrida’s deconstruction and Baudrillard’s ideas about simulation. \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e will open up new perspectives for anyone interested in theory or theatre, whether scholars or the wider theatre-loving or performing public.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54223252029784,"sku":"9781433112973","price":66.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781433112973_5c01f2ed-d338-4b2d-9519-afdbb38707fe.jpg?v=1779162343","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/theatre-of-naturalism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}