The Theatre of War: The First World War in British and Irish Drama

The Theatre of War surveys more than two hundred plays about the First World War written, published and/or performed in Britain and Ireland between 1909 and 1998. Perspectives discussed include: subject matter, technique and evaluation. The result is an understanding of the First World War as a watershed in international history.

Author: H. Kosok
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.69w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780230525580

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1159

About the Author
HEINZ KOSOK is Professor Emeritus of English and American Literature at the University of Wuppertal, Germany, and has previously held professorial appointments at the universities of Marburg and Stuttgart. He has acted as President of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures, as well as Chairman of the German Association of University Teachers of English. Among his many publications on English, American and Irish literature are O'Casey the Dramatist (1984) and Plays and Playwrights from Ireland in International Perspective (1995).