Francisco Nieva and Postmodernist Theatre

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Francisco Nieva and Postmodernist Theatre will engage with and advance the debate on the viability of postmodernist theatre in general by presenting the works of Francisco Nieva as a bona-fide postmodernist theatre formulated on avant-garde foundations. The study will also redefine the existing historical boundaries of literary postmodernism by asserting Spain's role in shaping that history through the 1940s neo-avant-garde Movement, "Postismo". The author argues that Postismo is the earliest systematic manifestation in the Iberian Peninsula of literary postmodernism as we know it, a fact often ignored on account of Franco's suppression of it, and that Nieva is not only Postismo's chief proponent but also the only legitimate postist playwright.

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"In this excellent study we find a long-awaited discussion of postmodernism in modern Spanish theatre. Because of his provocative and pleasant style, Aggor's book will be useful both to the specialist who is already familiar with Nieva's plays and the discerning reader with an interest in the evolution of Spanish theatre as a whole." Montserrat Roser I Puig, University of Kent, Medieval Literature Review, 102.2, 2007A"Aggor provides smooth English translations for all of his critical citations and quotations from plays, thus making this book totally accessible to theatre specialists and other readers who may not have a command of Spanish. It is a near-definitive study of Francisco Nieva's theatre and one that must be considered essential bibliography for any meaningful course in which his plays are considered.A" Marion Peter Holt, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Jan 2008

Author Bio

Komla Aggor is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. He has published widely in the field of Hispanic Studies, particularly on Francisco Nieva.