Tom Stoppard in context

• Titel: Tom Stoppard in context
• Mitwirkende: Kornhaber, David [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Loehlin, James N. [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by David Kornhaber (The University of Texas at Austin), James N. Loehlin (The University of Texas at Austin)
• Verlagsort: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: xxvi, 269 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references, bibliography (page 260-264) and index ; Enthält 31 Beiträge
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42010-5
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41304-6
• Schlagwörter: (p)Stoppard, Tom
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Tom Stoppard in context. - Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 |(DLC)2020049631
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Tom Stoppard in context. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 269 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: HN 8225
• K10plus-PPN: 1738975738

Abstract

Name, family, and identity / William Baker -- Czechoslovakia / Tomáš Kačer -- Singapore and India / Daniel Jernigan -- England / Claire Cochrane -- William Shakespeare / James N. Loehlin -- Russian literature and culture / Ira Nadel -- Oscar Wilde / Benedict Alexander Feldman -- Samuel Beckett / Kersti Powell -- Václav Havel / Michael Žantovský -- Philosophy / David Kornhaber -- Science / William Demastes -- Mathematics / Liliane Campos -- History and biography / Martin Middeke -- Love and sexuality / Roberta Barker -- Art and aesthetics / John Fleming -- Classicism and romanticism / Mike Vanden Heuvel -- Modernism and the avant-garde / Jonathan Goldman -- Music / Irene Morra -- Ideology / John Bull -- Communism / Ramona Mosse -- The Cold War / John Elsom -- Human rights and censorship / Mark Hurst -- Empire, colonialism, and post-colonialism / Nandi Bhatia -- Postwar British theatre / Dan Rebellato -- Acting in Stoppard / Samuel West -- Adaptations / R. Darren Gobert -- Journalism and criticism / Mark Lawson -- Prose writings / Neil Sammells -- Radio and television / Jamie Jesson -- Screenwriting / Brice Ezell and Rachel Joseph -- Stoppard's archives / Eric Colleary.

Abstract

"Tom Stoppard's work as a playwright and screenwriter has always been notable for mixing ideas with entertainment. From the early success of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead to masterpieces like Arcadia, from radio plays about modern art to the Oscar-winning screenplay for Shakespeare in Love, Stoppard has challenged and delighted audiences with the intellectual and cultural richness of his writing. Tom Stoppard in Context provides multiple perspectives on both the life and works of one of the most important modern playwrights. This collection covers biographical and historical topics, as well as the broad array of intellectual, aesthetic, and political concerns with which Stoppard has engaged. More than thirty essays on subjects ranging from science to screenwriting help illuminate Stoppard's rich body of work"--