The four volumes contain all 23 of Witkiewicz’s plays in English translation, including The Madman and the Nun, The Crazy Locomotive, The Water Hen, The Shoemaker, They, The Pragmatists, Tumor Brainiowicz, Gyubal Wahazar, The Anonymous Work, The Cuttlefish, The Beelzebub Sonata, as well as essays and introductions by translator Daniel Gerould.





Volume 4 contents:





Past Mastery And Self-Desctructive Form (1922-1925): The Triumph Of Nothingness







Jan Maciej Karol Hellcat
The Madman and the Nun
The Crazy Locomotive
Janulka, Daughter of Fizdejko
The Mother
The Beelzebub Sonata





Jettisoning Pure Form (1925-1934): Demythification and Theatricalism







The Shoemakers
Epilogue
Appendix
Illustrations
Acknowledgments & Credits (Sources)
Bibliography
Selected Critical Studies (In English)