The absent father in modern drama
By: Paul Rosefeldt.
Series: American university studies.; v. 54
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Drama -- History and criticism; Fathers in literature; Fathers and sons in literature; Fathers and daughters in literature; Psychology in literature; Myth in literature
Description: From the Freudians to the feminists, the role of the absent or hidden father figure has played a part in narrative and cultural theory. This work presents the first full-length examination of the absent father in modern drama. It closely analyzes major works by Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Williams, Miller, Shepard, Rabe, Henley, Norman, Pielmeier, Shaffer, Osborne, Churchill, and Fugard.

Using the critical framework of psychological, deconstructive, and myth criticism, this book demonstrates how the consistent focus on an imposing father figure who never physically appears onstage affects the psychological, social, and metaphysical structure of major modern dramas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-159) and index.