Plays of Margaret Drabble - A Critical Edition

Margaret Drabble's long affiliation with the theatrical world inspired her to experiment with the dramatic form. She wrote two plays, Laura (1964) and Bird of Paradise (1969). This penetrating new critical edition makes both plays available for the first time, giving Drabble fans a new vantage point from which to understand her work.

About the author

Margaret Drabble is the author of The Dark Flood Rises, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye, among other novels. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.

José Francisco Fernández is a lecturer at the University of Almería in Spain. He is the editor of a collection of short stories by Margaret Drabble, A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short Stories.

Summary

Margaret Drabble's long affiliation with the theatrical world inspired her to experiment with the dramatic form. She wrote two plays, Laura (1964) and Bird of Paradise (1969). This penetrating new critical edition makes both plays available for the first time, giving Drabble fans a new vantage point from which to understand her work.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Francisco Fernandez, Jose Francisco (EDT) Fernandez
• Assisted by: Jose Francisco Fernandez (Editor), José Francisco Fernández (Editor)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780815636113
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3611-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies