Cambridge Introduction to Tom Stoppard

Informationen zum Autor William W. Demastes is San Diego II Alumni Professor of English at Louisiana State University where he teaches modern theatre and drama. He has won numerous faculty excellence and teaching awards and currently serves as the university's faculty athletics representative. He is author of several books, including Spalding Gray's America (2008), Comedy Matters (2008), Staging Consciousness (2002), Theatre of Chaos (1998) and Beyond Naturalism (1988). He also edits the annual publication Best American Short Plays, including the most recent 2010-2011 volume. Klappentext An engaging overview of one of the most dynamically entertaining and intellectually challenging British playwrights of the past fifty years. Zusammenfassung This Introduction provides an accessible overview of the life and work of Tom Stoppard! widely considered to be one of the most important dramatists of contemporary theatre. In concise and readable form! William Demastes introduces all the complexity and variety that makes Stoppard's work so unique. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Stoppardianism; Professional chronology; 1. Stoppard: briefly, a life in the theatre; 2. Keys to Stoppard's theatre; 3. The breakthrough years; 4. Playing with the stage; 5. Science takes the stage; 6. Love is in the air; 7. Politics humanized; Conclusion: the play's the thing; Appendix: Stoppard's theatre: a summary; Guide to further reading.

Product details

• Authors: William Demastes, William (Louisiana State University) Demastes, William W. Demastes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2012
• EAN: 9781107021952
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02195-2
• No. of pages: 177
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies