Alan Bennett

A Critical Introduction

Joseph O'Mealy (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2001
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-3542-9 (ISBN)

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Alan Bennett is perhaps best known in the UK for the BBC production of his Talking Heads TV plays, while the rest of the world may recognize him for the film adaptation of his play, The Madness of King George. O'Mealy points out that Bennett is a social critic strongly influenced by Beckett and Swift, interested in depicting and analyzing the role playing of everyday life, a'la sociologist Ervin Goffman.

Joseph H. O'Mealy is Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawaii and Acting Associate Dean of the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature.

Introduction: Who is Alan Bennett? 1. Early Stage Work: From Beyond the Fringe to Habeas Corpus 2. Early Television Plays: 1972-1979 3. Deeper North: Enjoy, Objects of Affection, and A Private Function 4. Spies and Writers: Burgess, Blunt, Kafka, and Proust 5. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life: Talking Heads 6. Millenium Approaches: Talking Heads 2 7. Adapting to Stage and Screen: Joe Orton, Mr. Toad, and George III 8. Conclusion: In the Van(guard) Chronology Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.3.2001
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Modern Drama
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8153-3542-3 / 0815335423
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-3542-9 / 9780815335429
Zustand	Neuware