Tom Stoppard

Bucking the Postmodern

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Tom Stoppard is justly famous for his innovative theatrical techniques. Daniel Jernigan argues that while much of Tom Stoppard's early work (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Real Inspector Hound, for instance) is postmodern, the remainder of his career essentially tracks backward from there--becoming "late modernist" in the 1970s (Travesties) and fully modernist in the 80s and 90s (The Real Thing and Arcadia). This pattern also makes sense of Stoppard's recent and uncharacteristic foray into dramatic realism with The Coast of Utopia (2002) and Rock 'n' Roll (2006), at which point the playwright seems to embrace the more straightforward rhetorical advantages of literary realism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786465323

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Skådespelare och artister inom Kultur
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Daniel Keith Jernigan is an assistant professor of English at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the editor of Drama and the Postmodern: Assessing the Limits of Metatheatre and has published on Tom Stoppard and Caryl Churchill.

Recensioner i media

“Jernigan’s analyses are first rate and his scholarship is solid. His prose exudes the confidence of a man prepared to argue his case with gusto that welcomes counterpoint. A welcome addition”—Comparative Drama.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Normalizing Magritte and Tumbling Philosophers 3. Modernist Diversions 4. Intermission: Night and Day 5. Normalizing Postmodern Science 6. Metahistorical Detectives 7. The Narrative Turn: Re-innovating the Traditional in The Coast of Utopia Encore: Rock ’n’ Roll Chapter Notes Bibliography Index