Edward Albee : A Critical Introduction (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Albee's Life and World: 1. Life; 2. Overview: the theater of Edward Albee; 3. Contexts; Part II. The Plays: 4. Ritualized forms of expiation; 5. Challenging Broadway; 6. 'The greatest sin in living is doing it badly ? stupidly, or as if you weren't really alive'; 7. A quest for consciousness; 8. As I lay dying; 9. A theater of loss; Part III. Dialogues: 10. Critical reception; Epilogue: final curtain; Notes; Further reading; Index.