The Critical Panopticon : Essays in the Theatre and Contemporary Aesthetics

A collection of essays that stands witness to the diverse methodologies which have shaped contemporary readings of dramatic texts and analyses of play productions.

The essays exhibit a pluralistic approach to aesthetics, incorporating conceptual discoveries in modern philosophy, psychology, political thought, linguistics, semiology, and social anthropology.

The works of such authors as Louis Althusser, Gilles Deleuze and Jean-Francois Lyotard are studied for their relevance to a new understanding of drama and theatre criticism.