Simon Gray Unbound
The Journey of a Dramatist
Will be published approx. on 4. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
257 pages
978-0-7864-6299-5 (ISBN)
Description
The work of English playwright Simon Gray (1936-2008) has always resisted ideological and stylistic labels. His artistic independence has also had an unwelcome side effect: It cost him the critical attention garnered by his peers. This book, the first monograph on Gray, examines his oeuvre from the early plays, which hack away at the formalism and humanism of traditional English satire, to the later ones, in which he explores English professionals and their problems connecting with each other. If Gray remains the least known major English dramatist of his day, he's also one of the boldest and best.
Reviews / Votes
"Wolfe's well-executed, uncommonly astute, eminently readable critical study charts the journey of the conflicted Englishman's distinctive dramatic art. Highly recommended"-Choice; "Simon Gray is the best British playwright whose work too many Americans are not familiar enough with. Happily, Peter Wolfe brings him and his astonishing body of work to our attention and keeps it there throughout this probing, exhaustive and thoroughly readable study of the man and his plays. You will want to know all Simon Gray's plays after reading Mr. Wolfe's book and you will be very glad you did."-Terrence McNally, Playwright.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
427 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6299-5 (9780786462995)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Peter Wolfe is a curators' professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The author of more than 20 books, he has also taught in Canada, New Zealand, Taiwan, Russia, Poland and Australia.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations viii
Preface
1. Up from Bundling
2. Bundling Alchemized
3. The Labors of the Thrice- Born
4. Exit Wounds
5. Nodes on a Grid
6. The Death of Education
7. Coercive Connections
Conclusion: Stranded
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations viii
Preface
1. Up from Bundling
2. Bundling Alchemized
3. The Labors of the Thrice- Born
4. Exit Wounds
5. Nodes on a Grid
6. The Death of Education
7. Coercive Connections
Conclusion: Stranded
Bibliography
Index