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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453499703321

Autore

Baker William <1944->

Titolo

Bernard Kops : fantasist, London Jew, apocalyptic humorist / / William Baker and Jeanette Roberts Shumaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61147-657-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShumakerJeanette Roberts <1958->

Disciplina

828/.91409

Soggetti

Dramatists, English - 20th century

Authors, English - 20th century

Screenwriters - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Writer's I; Chapter Two: The Role and Function of Family; Chapter Three: Identity Formation, Self-Discovery, and Aging; Chapter Four: Jewish Identity within British Culture; Chapter Five: Sex and Politics; Chapter Six: Issues of Mental Health; Chapter Seven: Kops on Kops: The Interviews; Appendix: More Radio Plays, in Brief; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book-length study on the Anglo-Jewish writer Bernard Kops, who became famous as part of the new wave of British drama with the production of his play The Hamlet of Stepney Green in 1958.