The Madman and the Nun and The Crazy Locomotive by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

The Madman and the Nun and The Crazy Locomotive by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

Startling discontinuities and surprises erupt throughout these avant-garde landscapes by Poland's outstanding modern dramatist where duchesses and policemen, gangsters and surrealist painters, psychiatrists and locomotive engineers wander in and out, kill one another, and carry on philosophical conversations at the same time.

These tragedies are Witkiewicz's image of the artist, overflowing with hyper-vivid people and rash acts, providing a panorama of a deranged era on the verge of calamity as well as a fractured mirror reflecting the author's own mercurial visage. Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at City University of New York's Graduate Center; Executive Director, Martin E. Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theory/Theatre, and translations of Polish and Russian drama; 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; author of Witkacy, Guillotine: Its Legend and Lore, Theatre/Theor

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ISBN 13	9780936839837
ISBN 10	093683983X
Title	The Madman and the Nun and The Crazy Locomotive
Author	Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz
Series	Applause Books
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hal Leonard Corporation
Year published	1989-01-01
Number of pages	160
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