Ariane de Waal. Theatre on Terror: Subject Positions in British Drama. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017, viii + 297 pp., €99.95 (hardback), €99.95 (PDF ebook). Clare Finburgh. Watching War on the Twenty-First Century Stage: Spectacles of Conflict. London: Bloomsbury, 2017, xv + 355 pp., £75 (hardback), £28.99 (paperback), £29.99 (PDF ebook).

The representation of recent wars and acts of terror(ism) on stage, as well as the relationship between theatre and the aftermath of 9/11 have been the subject of several publications in the last few years. While it might still be early to speak about the birth of a distinctive field of study, Arian...

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Autor: Massana Vidal, Elisabet
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/226983
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/226983
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Literatura anglesa
Teatre anglès
Ressenya de llibres
English literature
English drama
Book reviewing
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Sumario:The representation of recent wars and acts of terror(ism) on stage, as well as the relationship between theatre and the aftermath of 9/11 have been the subject of several publications in the last few years. While it might still be early to speak about the birth of a distinctive field of study, Ariane de Waal’s and Claire Finburgh’s respective monographs are welcome additions to the growing body of literature on this topic.