%0 Book %T Theatre of the ridiculous: a critical history %A Aliano, Kelly I. %D 2019 %I McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers %C Jefferson, North Carolina %@ 9781476674032 %G English %F 1048374718 %O Kelly I. Aliano %O Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York , 2014, titled: Ridiculous geographies : mapping the Theatre of the Ridiculous as radical aesthetic %O Includes bibliographical references and index %O Dissertation University of New York 2014 %X "Theatre of the Ridiculous is a significant movement that highlighted the radical possibilities inherent in camp. Much of contemporary theater owes this form a great debt but little has been written about its history or aesthetic markers. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the important practitioners, along with critical commentary of their work"-- %L 812/.50911 %K Experimental drama, American %K History and criticism %K Avant-garde (Aesthetics) %K United States %K American farces %K Camp (Style) in literature %9 theses %9 Text %9 Hochschulschrift