Book Reviews

Arnold F. Hincliffe, THE ABSURD, reviewed by Ruby Cohn Arthur Pollard, SATIRE, reviewed by Ruby Cohn D.C. Muecke, IRONY, reviewed by Ruby Cohn Moelwyn Merchant, COMEDY, reviewed by Ruby Cohn John D. Jump, BURLESQUE, reviewed by Ruby Cohn Philip Thomson, THE GROTESQUE, reviewed by Ruby Cohn Jessica Milner Davis, FARCE, reviewed by Ruby Cohn David L. Hirst, COMEDY OF MANNERS, reviewed by Ruby Cohn LAWRENCE GRAVER AND RAYMOND FEDERMAN, EDS. , Samuel Beckell: The Critical Heritage, reviewed by Linda Ben-Zvi FOSTER HIRSCH, A Portrait ofthe Artist: The Plays ofTennessee Williams, reviewed by Thomas P. Adler JUNE SCHLUETER, Metafictional Characters in Modern Drama, reviewed by J.L. Styan