Messiah of the New Technique John Howard Lawson, Communism, and American Theatre, 1923-1937 |
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| Author:
| Chambers, Jonathan L. |
| Series title: | Theater in the Americas Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-2699-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2006 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $78.00 |
Book Description:
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Messiah of the New Technique is a critical and political biography and a cultural and social history that focuses on Lawson's career in the theatre. Using a materialist methodology, Jonathan L. Chambers emphasizes the evolution and interplay of the playwright's artistic vision and political ideology, considering his art as both a documentation of this evolution and a product of the socio-political and cultural matrix in which he was immersed.
Messiah of the New Technique is a critical and political biography and a cultural and social history that focuses on Lawson's career in the theatre. Using a materialist methodology, Jonathan L. Chambers emphasizes the evolution and interplay of the playwright's artistic vision and political ideology, considering his art as both a documentation of this evolution and a product of the socio-political and cultural matrix in which he was immersed.