Maria Irene Fornes and Her Critics

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This first book dedicated to US-Cuban playwright/director Maria Irene Fornes is a lucid theoretical, historical, and production-oriented study of Fornes' published works and their critical legacy. Kent argues that most critics, including a range of theatre feminists, have yet to fully explicate the incisive social critique presented in Fornes' work. Examining the complex relationships between Fornes' aesthetic innovations and her unconventional social politics, Kent presents a comprehensive, contextualized study of Fornes work and the critics' response.

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Maria Irene Fornes and Her Criticsis a book which I think any practioner would be well served to examine prior to starting production work of any Forne's play. ...Kent does an admirable job of putting this enigmatic playwright in perspective.-New England Theatre Journal
"Maria Irene Fornes and Her Criticsis a book which I think any practioner would be well served to examine prior to starting production work of any Forne's play. ...Kent does an admirable job of putting this enigmatic playwright in perspective."-New England Theatre Journal

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ASSUNTA BARTOLOMUCCI KENT is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine and book review editor for the New England Theatre Journal. In addition to publishing articles in journals such as Theatre Topics, Theatre Studies, and the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism she contributed a critical analysis of Fornes' play Springtime for the volume Amazon All-Stars: Thirteen Lesbian Plays. Kent's production work includes direction, dramaturgy, script adaptation, oral interpretation, creative drama, and advocacy theatre.