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Literary Criticism and Theory
1. 
Crucibles for Theater and Time
Explores what brevity can teach us about the powers and limits of theater
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1.
Crucibles for Theater and Time
Explores what brevity can teach us about the powers and limits of theater
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2017 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Microdramas" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2017 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Microdramas" to Cart |
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1.
Crucibles for Theater and Time
Traces the history and relevance of plays short in duration but rich in substance
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2017 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Microdramas" to Cart |
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2. 
open access
Theatre, Communism, and Love
A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2015 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Passionate Amateurs" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2013 | $54.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Passionate Amateurs" to Cart |
| Web | 2013 | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
2.
open access
Theatre, Communism, and Love
A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2015 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Passionate Amateurs" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2013 | $54.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Passionate Amateurs" to Cart |
| Web | 2013 | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
2.
open access
Theatre, Communism, and Love
A rich, historically grounded exploration of why theater and performance matter in the modern world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Passionate Amateurs" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2013 | $54.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Passionate Amateurs" to Cart |
| Web | 2013 | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
3. 
Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self
The first philosophical study devoted solely to acting, offering a meditation on the spillover from acting to life
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2014 | $36.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Acts" to Cart |
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3.
Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self
The first philosophical study devoted solely to acting, offering a meditation on the spillover from acting to life
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| Paper | 2014 | $36.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Acts" to Cart |
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3.
Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self
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| Paper | 2014 | $36.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Acts" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2014 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Acts" to Cart |
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4. 
Invisibility in Drama, Theater, and Performance
Meditations on those entities the audience does not see—and their profound significance in the theater
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| Paper | 2013 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dark Matter" to Cart |
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4.
Invisibility in Drama, Theater, and Performance
Meditations on those entities the audience does not see—and their profound significance in the theater
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| Paper | 2013 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dark Matter" to Cart |
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4.
Invisibility in Drama, Theater, and Performance
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| Paper | 2013 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dark Matter" to Cart |
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5. 
A Centenary Celebration
Renowned international scholars offer perspectives on one of the world's most challenging playwrights
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 2009 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Reflections on Beckett" to Cart |
6. 
Approaching the Living Theatre, Happenings/Fluxus, and the Black Arts Movement
Explores the dynamic interactions of performance, politics, and literary criticism in three U.S countercultures in the 1950s and 60s
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2008 | $31.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Avant-Garde Performance and the Limits of Criticism" to Cart |
7. 
Revised and Enlarged Edition
Revised Edition
Updated and enlarged, this groundbreaking collection surveys the major critical currents and approaches in drama, theater, and performance
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2006 | $41.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Critical Theory and Performance" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $95.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Critical Theory and Performance" to Cart |
7.
Revised and Enlarged Edition
Revised Edition
Updated and enlarged, this groundbreaking collection surveys the major critical currents and approaches in drama, theater, and performance
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2006 | $41.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Critical Theory and Performance" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $95.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Critical Theory and Performance" to Cart |
8. 
The Transnational Foundations of Avant-Garde Performance
A radical new conception of the avant-garde that looks beyond Europe
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2006 | $38.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Not the Other Avant-Garde" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $90.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Not the Other Avant-Garde" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Not the Other Avant-Garde" |
8.
The Transnational Foundations of Avant-Garde Performance
A radical new conception of the avant-garde that looks beyond Europe
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2006 | $38.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Not the Other Avant-Garde" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $90.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Not the Other Avant-Garde" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Not the Other Avant-Garde" |
8.
The Transnational Foundations of Avant-Garde Performance
A radical new conception of the avant-garde that looks beyond Europe
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2006 | $38.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Not the Other Avant-Garde" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $90.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Not the Other Avant-Garde" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Not the Other Avant-Garde" |
9. 
Essays on Scenography
Engaging essays by an internationally prominent historian and theorist of theater set design
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Looking Into the Abyss" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2005 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Looking Into the Abyss" to Cart |
9.
Essays on Scenography
Engaging essays by an internationally prominent historian and theorist of theater set design
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2005 | $30.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Looking Into the Abyss" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2005 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Looking Into the Abyss" to Cart |
10. 
Essays on Beckett
Reflections on Samuel Beckett by renowned director and theorist Herbert Blau
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Sails of the Herring Fleet" to Cart |
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10.
Essays on Beckett
Reflections on Samuel Beckett by renowned director and theorist Herbert Blau
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $27.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Sails of the Herring Fleet" to Cart |
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11. 
Fresh and provocative readings of familiar stage objects provide new ways of understanding theater, dramatic literature, and culture
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Stage Life of Props" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Stage Life of Props" |
11.
Fresh and provocative readings of familiar stage objects provide new ways of understanding theater, dramatic literature, and culture
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2003 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Stage Life of Props" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2010 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Stage Life of Props" |
12. 
Performance in the American Theater of Cruelty
American history as theater, and theater as the heart of American life
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| Paper | 2002 | $32.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Agitated States" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2002 | $99.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Agitated States" to Cart |
12.
Performance in the American Theater of Cruelty
American history as theater, and theater as the heart of American life
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| Paper | 2002 | $32.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Agitated States" to Cart |
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13. 
International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Performance
International perspectives on a form of activist, participatory theater with marginalized groups in cities around the world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2001 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Performing Democracy" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2001 | $99.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Performing Democracy" to Cart |
13.
International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Performance
International perspectives on a form of activist, participatory theater with marginalized groups in cities around the world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2001 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Performing Democracy" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2001 | $99.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Performing Democracy" to Cart |
14. 
Performance and Textuality
A critical history of avant-garde performance and the problematic relationship of text to performance
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 2000 | $34.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Contours of the Theatrical Avant-Garde" to Cart |
15. 
Boundaries of Genre, Borders of Self
Shines new light on the power and complexity of drama
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 2000 | $74.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "On Drama" to Cart |
16. 
Samuel Beckett's Dialogue with Art
Exploring Beckett's relationship with the visual arts and its influence on his creative expression
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 2000 | $80.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Painted Word" to Cart |
17. 
Provides a new way of defining—and understanding—postmodern drama
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1999 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Memory-Theater and Postmodern Drama" to Cart |
18. 
Paradigms and Presences in Modern Drama
Examines the major paradigms that have influenced modern English-speaking theater
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1999 | $85.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Mirrors of Our Playing" to Cart |
19. 
Politics, Drama, History
Assesses the contributions of one of the leading figures of post-1968 British political theater
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1999 | $89.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Trevor Griffiths" to Cart |
20. 
The Stages of Community in the Modern Theater
Investigates dramatic modernism, difference, and creative consensus
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1998 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Rooms with a View" to Cart |
21. 
From Modern Drama to Postmodern Theory
Investigates the reasons for postmodern theory's fascination with theater
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1998 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Edges of Loss" to Cart |
22. 
Reading the Contemporary Stage
If such a thing as postmodern drama exists, how should we read it?
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1998 | $84.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Postmodern/Drama" to Cart |
23. 
Essays on Political Theater
Fresh perspectives on political theater and its essential contribution to contemporary culture
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 1998 | $35.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Staging Resistance" to Cart |
24. 
Modern Drama and the Problem of Subjectivity
Modern drama and the radical possibilities of ethical listening
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Hardcover | 1997 | $79.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Hearing Voices" to Cart |
25. 
The Politics of Theatricality in Contemporary French Thought
An invaluable collection of theater commentary by a wide range of leading French theorists, in English translation
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
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| Paper | 1997 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Mimesis, Masochism, and Mime" to Cart |
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