The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Theatre

Brad Kent is Professor of British and Irish Literatures at Université Laval. He has been a visiting fellow at Brasenose College and St Catherine's College, both at the University of Oxford, twice a visiting fellow at the University of Texas's Harry Ransom Center, and a visiting professor at Trinity College Dublin. His publications include George Bernard Shaw in Context (Cambridge, 2015), The Selected Essays of Sean O'Faolain (2016), and, as general editor, an eight-volume edition of the writings of George Bernard Shaw (2021). David Kornhaber is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Theatre & Knowledge (2019) and The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy: Nietzsche and the Modern Drama (2016), editor of George Bernard Shaw's Major Cultural Essays (2021), and co-editor of Tom Stoppard in Context (Cambridge, 2021). He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Modern Drama.

• Part I. Forms and Genres: 1. Naturalism Lawrence Switzky; 2. Problem Plays, Discussion Plays, and Plays of Ideas Brad Kent; 3. Symbolism and Expressionism Julia A. Walker; 4. Futurism, Dadaism and Surrealism Stanton B. Garner, Jr.; 5. Agitprop and Epic Theatre Jennifer Buckley; 6. Theatre of the Absurd Emilie Morin; 7. Tragedy Olga Taxidou; 8. Comedy Sos Eltis; Part II. Themes and Issues: 9. Philosophy and Theory David Kornhaber; 10. Science Daniel Ibrahim Abdalla and Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr; 11. Religion Rebecca Kastleman; 12. Sexuality Penny Farfan; 13. Race Paul J. Edwards; 14. Intermediality James Moran; 15. Interculturism Brian Singleton; 16. Geographies and Temporalities E.J. Westlake.

Select Guide Rating