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Titolo: |
The Professions in contemporary drama / / [edited by] Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
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Pubblicazione: | Bristol, : Intellect, 2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (150 p.) |
Disciplina: | 822.91409355 |
Soggetto topico: | English drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
Occupations in literature | |
Altri autori: |
Meyer-DinkgrafeDaniel <1958->
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Bouncer-Teacher-Doctor: Gentrification and the Role of the Outsider in the Plays of John Godber; 2 'Appalling Teachers': Masculine Authority in the Classroom in Educating Rita and Oleanna; 3 Theatricality & Madness: Minding the Mind-doctors; 4 Carry on the Welfare State: Orton, Nichols, and the Medical Profession; 5 The Priest Character's Space and Function in Contemporary British and Irish Drama; 6 The Depiction of the Artist in David Storey's Life Class: The Play as Visual Art |
7 The Artist as Character in Contemporary British Bio-Plays8 The Professional Archaeologist and The Aesthetics of Cultural Imperialism in Tony Harrison's The Trackers of Oxyrynchus; 9 Wittgenstein and Morality - The Playwright's Purpose; Bibliography | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Numerous plays have professionals as major characters, but academia has ignored them to a large extent. The Professions in Contemporary British Drama fills this extraordinary gap with a series of nine papers discussing the educational professions (Bennett, Mangan), the medical profession (Shields, Buse, ), priests (Kurdi), archaeologists (Forsyth) and artists (Di Benedetto, Meyer-Dinkgräfe, Edwards). The book is of relevance to theatre academics and students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is based on a conference organised in conjunction with the Centre for English Studies, |
Titolo autorizzato: | The professions in contemporary drama ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-47657-5 |
9786610476572 | |
1-84150-879-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822924603321 |
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