The Theatre of the Absurd

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The Theatre of the Absurd

Author(s): Martin Esslin

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The Tulane Drama Review, Vol. 4, No. 4 (May, 1960), pp. 3-15

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Document Outline

• Article Contents
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• Issue Table of Contents
  • The Tulane Drama Review, Vol. 4, No. 4 (May, 1960), pp. 1-160
    • Volume Information [pp. 159-160]
    • Front Matter [pp. 1-2]
    • The Theatre of the Absurd [pp. 3-15]
    • All Aboard the Seesaw [pp. 16-22]
    • On the "Poetics" [pp. 23-32]
    • A Definition [pp. 32]
    • Coleridge on Dramatic Illusion [pp. 33-44]
    • Strength and Weakness in Arthur Miller [pp. 45-52]
    • To Hell with Society [pp. 53-76]
    • Friedrich Duerrenmatt and the Tragic Sense of Comedy [pp. 77-104]
    • Two Books on Brecht [pp. 105-112]
    • Bertolt Brecht's "J. B." [pp. 113-117]
    • The TDR Play Series
      • Baden Lehrstück [pp. 118-133]
    • The TDR Document Series
      • From "On the Theatre" [pp. 134-148]
    • Books and Theatre: 1959-60 [pp. 149-157]
    • Back Matter [pp. 158-158]