Martin Mcdonagh - A Casebook

Informationen zum Autor Richard Rankin Russell is Assistant Professor of English at Baylor University. Klappentext The first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with reinvigorating contemporary Irish drama, his dark, despairing comedies have been performed extensively both on Broadway and in the West End. Zusammenfassung The first collection of original critical material on Martin McDonagh, one of the most celebrated young playwrights of the last decade. Credited with reinvigorating contemporary Irish drama, his dark, despairing comedies have been performed extensively both on Broadway and in the West End. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Identity Politics of Martin McDonagh 2. Martin McDonagh’s Stagecraft 3. Comedy and Violence in The Beauty Queen of Leenane 4. The 'Ineffectual Father Welsh/Walsh': Anti-Catholicism and Catholicism in Martin McDonagh’s The Leenane Trilogy 5. Postmodern Theatricality in the Dutch/Flemish Adaptation of Martin McDonagh’s The Leenane Trilogy 6. Breaking Bodies: The Presence of Violence on Martin McDonagh’s Stage 7. Martin McDonagh and the Contemporary Gothic 8. The Pillowman: A New Story to Tell 9. 'Never Mind the Shamrocks' - Globalizing Martin McDonagh 10. Chronology of Martin McDonagh’s Life and Works

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Rankin Russell, Richard Rankin (Baylor University Russell
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard Rankin Russell (Editore), Russell Richard Rankin (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415977654
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97765-4
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: Casebooks on Modern Dramatists
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights