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Product Identifiers
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253208262
ISBN-139780253208262
eBay Product ID (ePID)53052
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameDeathtraps : the Postmodern Comedy Thriller
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTheater / General, Drama, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorMarvin Carlson
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN92-045237
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal822/.052709
Table Of ContentI. The Business of Murder II. The Scene of the Crime III. Among Those Present IV. Murder by the Book V. Dead Wrong VI. Stage Struck VII. The Audience as/for Accomplice VIII. Pigs and Angels: The Postmodern Private Eye IX. Deathtraps NOTES A SELECTED CHRONOLOGY OF MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE DRAMAS AND OF COMEDY THRILLERS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY SOURCES INDEX
Synopsis"This is an extremely intelligent, interesting, and well written book." --Murder Is Academic "... compelling analysis of the comedy thriller... " --Theatre Studies "... almost as much fun to read as is seeing the actual plays discussed... " --Journal of Popular Culture The phenomenal success of such plays as Deathtrap and Sleuth heralded the advent of a new form of detective play--the comedy thriller. Carlson takes the wraps off the comedy thriller and reveals its postmodern effects. He looks at all the elements of the thriller--openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of the audience, and endings--and shows how they work to overturn the conventions of realism in detective drama., "This is an extremely intelligent, interesting, and well written book." --Murder Is Academic ..". compelling analysis of the comedy thriller... " --Theatre Studies ..". almost as much fun to read as is seeing the actual plays discussed... " --Journal of Popular Culture The phenomenal success of such plays as Deathtrap and Sleuth heralded the advent of a new form of detective play--the comedy thriller. Carlson takes the wraps off the comedy thriller and reveals its postmodern effects. He looks at all the elements of the thriller--openings, settings, characters, plot lines, the role of the audience, and endings--and shows how they work to overturn the conventions of realism in detective drama.
LC Classification NumberPR739.D48 C36 1993
