Mary McCarthy's Theatre Chronicles 1937-1962 [antikvár]

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This volume brings together Miss McCarthy's lively con- troversial essays on the theatre from the 1930's up to the present day. The intelligence and vitality of the author's analysis brings past productions of Shakespeare, Shaw, Ibsen, Chekhov, Wilde, Odets, Saroyan, Wilder back to the reader with unique immediacy ánd freshness. In the modern period, Miss McCarthy discusses the work of Miller, Williams, Gra- ham Greene, William Inge, Paddy Chayevsky, O'Neill and John Osborne. The first quarter of this volume originally appeared in Miss McCarthy's much celebrated column in Partisan Re- viezv, where, from the outset, the author'S uncompromising critical attitude won her an ardent group.of tollowers. from that point on, Mary McCarthy has held a distinguis4d posi- , tion as a theatre critic, although the atáhor herself wo-uld rather not be classified as such. Unlike m:any modern c)ritics, she has the ability to discuss the theatre as a .13í'anch ofi Intel, lectual and social history. For her, the play is an event, wpidt she views with the same ruthless honesty with whi4t,-she ióoks at art, politics, literature and life. Written in her trenchant prose, Miss McCarthy's ,articles on the drama are amusing, sharp, original and- penetrating. Most often, as The New Yorker has said of Mary McCarthy's writing, "we are scarcely aware our opinions have been chal- lenged until we find ütem severely shaken."