{"product_id":"theatre-of-the-absurd-martin-esslin-9781472577023","title":"Theatre of the Absurd","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 'Theatre of the Absurd' has become a familiar term to describe a group of radical European playwrights - writers such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter - whose dark, funny and humane dramas wrestled profoundly with the meaningless absurdity of the human condition. It is a testament to the power and insight of Martin Esslin's landmark work, originally published in 1961, that its title should enter the English language in the way that it has. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series with a new preface by Marvin Carlson, \u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of the Absurd\u003c\/i\u003e remains to this day a clear-eyed work of criticism on a compelling period of European writing.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643556630721,"sku":"9781472577023","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/theatre-of-the-absurd-martin-esslin-9781472577023","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}