The Cambridge Companion To Tom Stoppard

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Companion to the work of playwright Tom Stoppard who also co-authored screenplay of Shakespeare in Love.

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Genre : Drama
Author : Katherine E. Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2001-09-20
File : 264 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521645921


Gale Researcher Guide For Tom Stoppard

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Tom Stoppard is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

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Genre : Study Aids
Author : John Wilders
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
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File : 15 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781535852692


The Cambridge Introduction To Tom Stoppard

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An engaging overview of one of the most dynamically entertaining and intellectually challenging British playwrights of the past fifty years.

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Genre : Drama
Author : William Demastes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2012-11-22
File : 179 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781107021952


The Cambridge Companion To Postcolonial Literary Studies

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Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Neil Lazarus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2004-07-15
File : 358 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521534186


The Cambridge Companion To Edgar Allan Poe

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This collection of specially-commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Edgar Allan Poe's work and life. Contributions provide a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. The essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stories and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. They situate his imaginative writings in relation to different modes of writing: humor, Gothicism, anti-slavery tracts, science fiction, the detective story, and sentimental fiction. Three chapters examine specific works: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Raven', and 'Ulalume'. The volume features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2002-04-25
File : 290 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521797276


Tom Stoppard S Plays

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In Tom Stoppard’s Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony Nigel Purse assesses the complete canon of Tom Stoppard’s works on a thematic basis. He explains that, amongst the plenitude of chaotic comedy, wordplay and intellectual ping-pong of Stoppard’s plays, the principle of parsimony that is Occam’s razor lies at the heart of his works. He identifies key patterns in theme – ethics and duality - and method – Stoppard’s stage debates and his dramatic vehicles - as well as in theatrical devices. Quoting extensively from all Stoppard’s published works, many of his interviews and also unpublished material Nigel Purse arrives at a comprehensive and unique appraisal of Stoppard’s plays.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Nigel Purse
Publisher : BRILL
Release : 2016-11-01
File : 686 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9789004319653


Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead By Tom Stoppard Book Analysis

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. The play’s titular characters are the courtiers from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and the story of the Danish prince is interwoven with their discussions as they ponder why they are there and what their purpose is. The play is among Stoppard’s best-known works, and garnered acclaim for the brilliance of its writing and for its reflections on chance, fate and the nature of identity. Tom Stoppard is one of the most produced playwrights in the world, and has won four Tony Awards and an Academy Award for his screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. Find out everything you need to know about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

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Genre : Study Aids
Author : Bright Summaries
Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
Release : 2019-04-08
File : 24 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9782808018524


Tom Stoppard S Arcadia

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Tom Stoppard is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary British playwrights, a writer who has earned an intriguing mix of both critical and commercial success. Arcadia is considered by many critics to be Stoppard's masterpiece, a work that weds his love for words and ideas in his early career, with his emphasis on storytelling and emotional engagement in his later career. With its engaging alteration between past and present Arcadia offers a comedic and entertaining exploration of chaos theory, entropy, the Second Law of thermodynamics, iterated algorithms, fractals, and other concepts culled from the realms of math and science.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : John Fleming
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2013-08-05
File : 133 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781441187833


New Messengers Short Narratives In Plays By Michael Frayn Tom Stoppard And August Wilson

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Publikace představuje specifický typ dramatické postavy, pojmenovaný „nový posel“, kterého lze chápat jako následovníka konvenčního typu postavy známé z tradičních dramat nejčastěji jako „posel“. Přítomnost posla v tradičním dramatu má určité funkce, které plní i nový posel. Toho však odlišuje fakt, že se nejedná o samostatnou postavu, ale jeho roli v současném anglicky psaném mainstreamovém dramatu přejímá některá z hlavních postav. Mezi takové postavy patří především rozliční novináři či reportéři, politici či jejich asistenti, vědci či učitelé, detektivové či policisté, historické postavy, filozofové a literární vědci atd. Publikace v konkrétních případech analyzuje dramata dvou britských dramatiků, Michaela Frayna a Toma Stopparda, a afroamerického dramatika Augusta Wilsona.

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Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Author : Tomáš Kačer
Publisher : Masarykova univerzita
Release : 2016-01-01
File : 143 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9788021082267


Tom Stoppard

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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.

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Genre : Performing Arts
Author : Daniel Keith Jernigan
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2012-11-15
File : 223 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780786465323