Title: The name and nature of tragicomedy /
Authors: Foster, Verna A., 1946-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Tragicomedy History and criticism.; European drama History and criticism.
Contents: The name of 'tragicomedy: problems of identity -- Early English tragicomedy: from providential design to metatheatre -- Shakespearean tragicomedy. Measure for Measure: the Duke's problem play versus Shakespeare's tragicomedy -- The Winter's Tale: tragicomedy of wonder -- The tragicomedy of sexuality and surprise: Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger. Sexuality and tragicomic genre in the plays of Fletcher -- The moral tragicomedy of Massinger -- Tragicomedy in transition -- Modern tragicomedy I: tragicomedy and realism. Ibsen:The Wild Duck -- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard -- Synge: The Playboy of the Western World -- O'Casey: Juno and the Paycock -- Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire -- Modern tragicomedy II: Metatheatre and the absurd. Beckett: Waiting for Godot -- Ionesco: The Chairs and The Killer -- Pinter: The Caretaker and No Man's Land -- Conclusion: The nature of tragicomedy.