>The Quest for Self-Realization
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Year:
2012
Catalog number :
45-050063
ISBN:
978-965-540-235-3
Pages:
286
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Weight:
600 gr.
Cover:
Paperback

The Quest for Self-Realization

Modern Drama Reconsidered

Synopsis

This book examines the effects of Modernism on the human soul and how they are expressed in the theater in the years 1850-1950. Plays are analyzed in a historical, cultural and social context in that time. Abandoning hope of salvation from religion and pining for social justice, sobered rationality and the realization of personal hopes and dreams.