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The Cambridge Introduction to Tom Stoppard
Contributor(s): Demastes, William (Author)

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 ISBN: 1107021952     ISBN-13: 9781107021952
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $62.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism
Dewey: 822.914
LCCN: 2012023160
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (0.93 lbs) 177 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Tom Stoppard is widely considered to be one of the most important dramatists of contemporary theatre. In this Introduction, William Demastes provides an accessible overview of Stoppard's life and work, exploring all the complexity and variety that makes his drama so unique. Illustrated with images from a diverse range of Stoppard productions, the book provides clear evaluations of his major works, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Travesties, Arcadia and The Coast of Utopia, to provide the most up-to-date assessment available. Detailed chapters situate each play in the context of its sources, which include Shakespeare and contemporary existential thought, espionage, quantum physics, chaos theory, romanticism, landscape design, nineteenth-century European intellectual thought and European totalitarianism. The book also includes a section on Stoppard's Academy Award-winning film Shakespeare in Love.

Contributor Bio(s): Demastes, William: - 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.
 
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