Goodman, David. G., trans. and ed., After Apocalypse: Four Japanese Plays of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Cornell University Press, 1994 (reprint).
A collection of modern Japanese plays that looks into the spiritual, political, and moral questions that faced most Japanese during the postwar era.
Iles, Timothy, Abe Kobo: An Exploration of His Prose, Drama and Theatre, European Press Academic Publishing, 2000.
This is one of a very few books written in English that is totally focused on Abe's work. Iles offers a comprehensive study, interpretation, and criticism of both Abe's fiction and his plays.
Keene, Donald, Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era, Columbia University Press, 1984.
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