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The Edinburgh companion to Scottish drama /

Combines historical rigour with an analysis of dramatic contexts, themes and forms. The 17 contributors explore the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre, with particular attention to the last 100 years. The first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, Ian, 1945 February 28-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; INTRODUCTION A Lively Tradition and Creative Amnesia; CHAPTER ONE Scottish Drama until 1650; CHAPTER TWO Public and Private Performance: 1650-1800; CHAPTER THREE Folk Drama in Gaelic Scotland; CHAPTER FOUR The National Drama and the Nineteenth Century; CHAPTER FIVE Twentieth-Century Popular Theatre; CHAPTER SIX Drama, Language and Late Twentieth-Century Literary Revival; CHAPTER SEVEN History in Contemporary Scottish Theatre; CHAPTER EIGHT Translated Drama in Scotland; CHAPTER NINE J.M. Barrie; CHAPTER TEN The Mid-Century Dramatists.
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN James BridieCHAPTER TWELVE Poets in the Theatre: Ure, Kay, Conn, Morgan; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Women Playwrights from the 1970sand 1980s; CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Traverse, 1985-97: Arnott, Clifford, Hannan, Harrower, Greig and Greenhorn; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Liz Lochhead; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Post-Devolutionary Drama; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Experience and Contexts of Drama in Scotland; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.