The Routledge Companion to Absurdist Literature

The Routledge Companion to Absurdist Literature is a field-defining collection. The editor and contributors are not only investigating the so-called ＂Theatre of the Absurd,＂ but wading deeply into absurdist fiction, absurdist poetry, and black, Latin/x, female, LGBTQ+, and non-Western Absurdist voices.

Michael Y. Bennett is an Associate Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty in Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA. In addition to being a past Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK, where he was a Visiting Fellow. In addition to being on the Advisory Boards of Comparative Drama and the Journal of American Drama and Theatre, he is the President of The Edward Albee Society, the Editor of the book series, Routledge Studies on Edward Albee and American Theatre, and is the Editor of the journal, Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes. A theatre theorist and critic known for his work on absurd drama, philosophy of theatre, Edward Albee, and Oscar Wilde, he is the author or editor of fifteen books.