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Approaches the problems of obscurities, ambiguities, and interrelationships in Pinter's plays through the mechanisms of the dream and shows that the plays group around the oedipal wish.
Tom Stoppard is said to have transcended the influence of Samuel Beckett and found his true precursor in Oscar Wilde. This edition of Bloom's Major Dramatists examines Stoppard's work, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jump
This collection surveys madness in drama. It includes articles on 'The Duchess of Malfi'; virginity and hysteria in 'The Changeling'; the confined spectacle of madness in Beys's 'The Illustrious Madmen'; The male gaze in 'Woyzeck' - representing Marie and madness; and other drama examples.
"This biography traces the output of jazz master Charles Mingus--his recordings, his compositions, and his writings--highlighting key moments in his life and musicians who influenced him and were influenced by him. As a young man, Mingus played with Louis Armstrong as well as with Kid Ory. Mingus also played in bands led by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Art Tatum, and many others. He began leading his own bands in New York City in 1955. Eric Dolphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jimmy Knepper, Jackie McLean, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cat Anderson, and Jaki Byard are among the many distinguished jazz artists who made music with Mingus during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In additio...
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Rethinking the Theatre of the Absurd offers a radical revision of the aesthetics and politics of absurdist drama by a team of leading international scholars.
Psychiatry and the Cinema explores this complementary relationship from two angles, psychiatrists who have studied the movies and movies that have depicted psychiatry. This second edition has updated this definitive text with a discussion of new trends in psychoanalytically oriented film theory, and an expanded list of movies is analyzed.