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Witkiewicz - by Stanislaw I Witkiewicz (Paperback)

Witkiewicz - by  Stanislaw I Witkiewicz (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Seven of Witkiewicz's most important and representative plays, previous long since out of print.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>One of Poland's most important artists and writers of the 20th Century, this collection includes: <i>The Pragmatists</i>, <i>Tumor Brainiowicz</i>, <i>Gyubal Wahazar</i>, <i>The Anonymous Work</i>, <i>The Cuttlefish</i>, <i>Dainty Shapes and Hairy Apes</i>, and <i>The Beelzebub Sonata</i>. Also included is "A Few Words about the Role of the Actor in the Theatre of Pure Form," a key section of his major theoretical treatise.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Overflowing with hyper-vivid characters and precipitous actions, these dramas constitute Witkiewicz's portrait of the artist, offering a panorama of a demented era headed for disaster as well as a cracked mirror reflecting the author's own protean faces. Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center; editor, Slavic and East European Performance; editor, Routledge Harwood Polish and East European Theatre Archive; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama.

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