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Book A selective study of English history plays in the period between 1960 and 1977

Download or read book A selective study of English history plays in the period between 1960 and 1977 written by Maria Garstenauer and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A selective study of English history plays in the period between 1950 and 1977

Download or read book A selective study of English history plays in the period between 1950 and 1977 written by Maria Garstenauer and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shakespeare s History Plays

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  • Author : A. J. Hoenselaars
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2004-09-23
  • ISBN : 9780521829021
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book Shakespeare s History Plays written by A. J. Hoenselaars and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, with a foreword by Dennis Kennedy, addresses a range of attitudes to Shakespeare's English history plays in Britain and abroad from the early seventeenth century to the present day. It concentrates on the play texts as well as productions, translations and adaptations of them. The essays explore the multiple points of intersection between the English history they recount and the experience of British and other national cultures, establishing the plays as genres not only relevant to the political and cultural history of Britain but also to the history of nearly every nation worldwide. The plays have had a rich international reception tradition but critics and theatre historians abroad, those practising 'foreign' Shakespeare, have tended to ignore these plays in favour of the comedies and tragedies. By presenting the British and foreign Shakespeare traditions side by side, this volume seeks to promote a more finely integrated world Shakespeare.

Book John Osborne

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  • Author : Patricia D. Denison
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 1136546677
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book John Osborne written by Patricia D. Denison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For British playwright, John Osborne, there are no brave causes; only people who muddle through life, who hurt, and are often hurt in return. This study deals with Osborne's complete oeuvre and critically examines its form and technique; the function of the gaze; its construction of gender; and the relationship between Osborne's life and work. Gilleman has also traced the evolution of Osborne's reception by turning to critical reviews at the beginning of each chapter.

Book The Contemporary British History Play

Download or read book The Contemporary British History Play written by Richard H. Palmer and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-06-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British drama since 1956 has been particularly innovative. This volume investigates how recent British history plays reflect the methods and values of New History, in contrast to traditional biographical dramas that depict the lives of great men of the past. More than 50 British playwrights are discussed, including John Osborne, John Arden, Edward Bond, Robert Bolt, Pam Gems, Howard Brenton, Caryl Churchill, Howard Barker, and Peter Shaffer. Historical drama consistently displays the sense of history prevalent when it was written: a 17th century quest for precedent and analogy; the affirmation of cosmic order in the 18th century; the Romantic search for manifestations of spiritual purpose; in Victorian times, a demonstration that humans control events; and the early 20th century promise, emulating science, to present the facts objectively. Contemporary British history plays, however, demonstrate different agendas for history itself. Marxist plays illustrate a historical dialect leading to the emergence of Communism. Oppositional history takes the point of view of the disenfranchised, the defeated, or the oppressed. Social histories refocus attention away from movers and shakers onto groups of small players. Feminist historians expose the biases of a male dominated hegemony and confront the role of gender in history. Deconstructionists debunk our confidence in historical metanarratives. Postmodernism uses anachronism and stylistic eclecticism to emphasize parallels in different historical periods or to relate historically defined metaphors and rituals to modern experience. Both playwrights and critics confront the implications of the idea that history is constructed and not simply found, and new approaches to history demand innovations in the staging and structuring of plays.

Book HUSSE Papers 1995

Download or read book HUSSE Papers 1995 written by György Novák and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twentieth century Literary Criticism

Download or read book Twentieth century Literary Criticism written by Gale Research Company and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers, 1900-1960.

Book Bibliographic Index

Download or read book Bibliographic Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Peter Shaffer

Download or read book Peter Shaffer written by Eberle Thomas and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Shelley 1792 1992

Download or read book Shelley 1792 1992 written by and published by Poetry Salzburg. This book was released on 1993 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pam Gems and Liz Lochhead

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  • Author : Ilona S. Koren-Deutsch
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Pam Gems and Liz Lochhead written by Ilona S. Koren-Deutsch and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Masterplots

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  • Author : Frank Northen Magill
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 648 pages

Download or read book Masterplots written by Frank Northen Magill and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Books Out of print

Download or read book Books Out of print written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981 1990

Download or read book Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981 1990 written by Charles A. Carpenter and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selective list of publications for the period, offering some 25,200 entries (no annotations) arranged by nationality and linguistic groups. Most entries concern literary currents in drama since the last third of the 19th century, playwrights who lived at least part of their lives in the 20th century, noted directors, and performance theory. For students and scholars of modern dramatic literature. While annual supplements of recent publications appear in the journal Modern Drama, new compilers took a publication date of 1991 as their starting point for listings, leaving some 2,000 items collected after 1992 appearing only in this volume. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Theater Three

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book Theater Three written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: