Grotesque features have been among the chief characteristics of drama in English since the 1990s. This new book examines the varieties of the grotesque in the work of some of the most original playwrights of the last three decades (including Enda Walsh, Philip Ridley, Tim Crouch and Suzan-Lori Parks), focusing in particular on ethical and political issues that arise from the use of the grotesque.
Table of Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Engaging Monsters.- 3. Wild Justice.- 4. Life in a Box.- 5. Mutabilities.- 6. Imagine This.- 7. Afterword.
About the author
Ondřej Pilný is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University, Prague. He is the author of
Irony and Identity in Modern Irish Drama and has edited collections of essays and journal issues on subjects ranging from Anglophone drama and Irish literature to cultural memory and structuralist theory. His translations include plays by J.M. Synge, Brian Friel, Martin Mc Donagh and Enda Walsh.
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