Bang!Zoom! Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yummy. Long.Intro:So long as discontent and unrest make themselves but dumbly felt within a limited social class, the powers of reaction may often succeed in suppressing such manifestations. But when the dumb unrest grows into conscious expression and becomes almost universal, it necessarily affects all phases of human thought and action, and seeks its individual and social expression in the gradual transvaluation of existing values. An adequate appreciation of the tremendous spread of the modern, conscious social unrest cannot be gained from merely propagandistic literature. Rather must we become conversant with the larger phases of human expression manifest in art, literature, and, above all, the modern drama–the strongest and most far-reaching interpreter of our deep-felt dissatisfaction. Complete article at: http://www.berfrois.com/2014/02/emma-goldman-on-drama/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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