American ‘Unculture’ in French Drama: Homo Americanus and the Post-1960 French Resistance
- ISBN-10
- 1137299037
- ISBN-13
- 9781137299031
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-03-25
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- Les Essif
Description
A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver.
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