The Balcony Essays and Criticism

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The Balcony | Essays and Criticism

• The Complex Depiction of Women in The Balcony

  Annette Petruso is a freelance author and screenwriter in Austin, TX. In the following essay, Petruso explores the complex depiction of women in The Balcony.

• Society as a Brothel: Genet's Satire in The Balcony

  In this excerpt from ‘‘Society as a Brothel: Genet’s Satire in ‘The Balcony,’’’ Bermel explores the implementation of imagination to portray satire.

• Jean Genet: The Difficulty of Defining and Postscript

  In this excerpt, David I. Grossvogel relates ‘‘The Balcony’’ to ‘‘a house of illusions.’’

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