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In Edward Albee and Absurdism , Michael Y. Bennett has assembled an outstanding team of Edward Albee scholars to address Albee´s affiliation with Martin Esslin´s label, "Theatre of the Absurd," examining whether or not this label is appropriate.

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In Edward Albee and Absurdism -the inaugural volume in the new book series, New Perspectives in Edward Albee Studies -Michael Y. Bennett has assembled an outstanding team of Edward Albee scholars to address Albee´s affiliation with Martin Esslin´s label, "Theatre of the Absurd," examining whether or not this label is appropriate.

From scholarly essays and lengthy review-essays to an important interview with the noted playwright and director, Emily Mann, the aim of this collection is to, at last, directly (and indirectly) confront Esslin´s label in regards to Albee´s plays in order to create a scholarly atmosphere that allows future Albee scholars to move on to new and, frankly, more relevant lines of inquiry.

Contributors are: Michael Y. Bennett, Linda Ben-Zvi, David A. Crespy, Colin Enriquez, Lincoln Konkle, David Marcia, Dena Marks, Brenda Murphy, Tony Jason Stafford, and Kevin J Wetmore Jr.

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Michael Y. Bennett, Ph.D. (2009), University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has authored four books on modern drama, most recently The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre and Literature of the Absurd (2015).

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