John Osborne: A Casebook

by Patricia D. Denison (Editor)

Overview

For British playwright, John Osborne, there are no brave causes; only people who muddle through life, who hurt, and are often hurt in return. This study deals with Osborne's complete oeuvre and critically examines its form and technique; the function of the gaze; its construction of gender; and the relationship between Osborne's life and work. Gilleman has also traced the evolution of Osborne's reception by turning to critical reviews at the beginning of each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824074425
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/1997
Series:	Casebooks on Modern Dramatists , #16
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kimball King, Patricia D. Denison

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The House that Jimmy Built, Ronald Bryden; Chapter 2 Beyond Anger, David Galef; Chapter 3 The Personal, the Political, and the Postmodern in Osborne's Look Back in Anger and Déjávu, Austin E. Quigley; Chapter 4 Osborne on the Fault Line, William W. Demastes; Chapter 5 The Logic of Anger and Despair, Luc M. Gilleman; Chapter 6 The Entertainer as a Text for Performance, Robert Gordon; Chapter 7 Luther, David Graver; Chapter 8 From out of the Shadow of Nicol Williamson, Mark Hawkins-Dady; Chapter 9 Seduced by Meritocracy, Robert F. Gross; Chapter 10 'Honey, I Blew up the Ego', Sheila Stowell; Chapter 11 John Osborne, Summer 1993, Kimball King; Chapter 12 The Angry Young Man Who Stayed that Way, John Mortimer; Chapter 13 A Memory of John Osborne, Arnold Wesker; Chapter 14 Eulogy for John Osborne, David Hare;

Editorial Reviews

A dozen new essays on playwright Osborne (1929-94) whose 1956 "Look Back in Anger" launched the renewal of postwar British theatre and has remained an enduring classic since. Among them are a memory, a eulogy, and a bibliography as well as considerations of such plays as "The Entertainer" (1957), "Luther" (1961), and "D<'e>j<`a> Vu" (1991). Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"Excellent bibliography; recommended for upper-division and graduate collections." — Choice

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