Beyond Naturalism: A New Realism in American Theatre

by William W. Demastes

Demastes, in his interesting study of the work of David Rabe, David Mamet, Sam Shepard, Charles Fuller, Beth Henley, and Marsha Norman, examines how these playwrights utilize the realist format to redirect perception of human life, how they cope with the consciously taken 'task of challenging old systems of thought from a base of new perspective.' The analyses of individual plays are preceded by a brief review of some earlier dramatic theories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313263205
• ISBN13: 9780313263200
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"