{"product_id":"the-drama-and-theatre-of-annie-baker-paperback","title":"The Drama and Theatre of Annie Baker - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Muse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Lonergan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first book-length study of Annie Baker, one of the most critically acclaimed playwrights in the United States today and winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a MacArthur \"genius\" grant, Amy Muse analyzes Baker's plays and other work. These include \u003ci\u003eThe Flick, John, The Antipodes, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Shirley Vermont plays, and her adaptation of \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya. \u003c\/i\u003eMuse illuminates their intellectual and ethical themes and issues by contextualizing them with the other works of theatre, art, theology, and psychology that Baker read while writing them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through close discussions of Baker's work, this book immerses readers in her use of everyday language, her themes of loneliness, desire, empathy, and storytelling, and her innovations with stage time. Enriched by a foreword from Baker's former professor, playwright Mac Wellman, as well as essays by four scholars, Thomas Butler, Jeanmarie Higgins, Katherine Weiss, and Harrison Schmidt, this is a companionable guide for students of American literature and theatre studies, which deepens their knowledge and appreciation of Baker's dramatic invention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuse argues that Baker is finely attuned to the language of the everyday: imperfect, halting, marked with unexpressed desires, banalities, and silence. Called \"antitheatrical,\" these plays draw us back to the essence of theatre: space, time, and story, sitting with others in real time, witnessing the dramatic in the ordinary lives of ordinary people. Baker's revolution for the stage has been to slow it down and bring us all into the mystery and pleasure of attention.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Muse\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Drama and Theatre of Sarah Ruhl\u003c\/i\u003e (Methuen Drama, 2018) and essays on dramatic literature, intimate theatre, and travel that have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Text \u0026amp; Presentation, Romanticism: The Journal of Romantic Culture \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrontiers, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Greek Media and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589721120870,"sku":"9781350320017","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ek64h4ybIB9781350320017.webp?v=1778021589","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-drama-and-theatre-of-annie-baker-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}