The Death of Character: Perspectives on Theater After Modernism

In this engrossing study, Elinor Fuchs explores the multiple worlds of theater after modernism. While the volume engages contemporary cultural and aesthetic theory, the author speaks always as an active critic, grounding her far-reaching explorations in the immediacy of theatrical performance. It concludes with nine of her Village Voice and American Theatre essays.

Author: Elinor Fuchs
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 07/01/1996
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.15w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780253210081
ISBN10: 0253210089
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater | History & Criticism

About the Author

ELINOR FUCHS, a New York theater critic noted for her writing on contemporary experimental theater, is on the faculty of the School of the Arts at Columbia University and is Lecturer at the Yale School of Drama. She has also taught at Harvard University, New York University, and Emory University. She is editor of Plays of the Holocaust: An International Anthology, and co-author (with Joyce Antler) of the documentary play Year One of the Empire. Her essays have appeared in such publications as American Theatre, The Drama Review, Modern Drama, Theater, and Performing Arts Journal. She has been a contributor to The Village Voice since 1982.