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Buse places modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory in dialogue, demonstrating how theory allows fresh insights into familiar plays. Each chapter pairs a popular play from the post-war period with a classic theory text.

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Introduction
1. What does Jimmy Porter want?: Osborne with Lacan
2. Home front: Pinter with Freud
3. Hamlet games: Stoppard with Lyotard
4. Before Orton, after Foucault
5. Jokes and their relation to interpellation: Griffiths with Althusser
6. Towards a citational history: Churchill with Benjamin
7. Simulacra on Fleet Street: Pravda with Baudrillard
8. Culture and colonies: Wertenbaker with Said
9. Trauma and testimony in Blasted: Kane with Felman
Bibliography

Drama Theory Critical Approaches to Modern

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/11/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719057229, 978-0719057229
      ISBN10: 0719057221

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Buse places modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory in dialogue, demonstrating how theory allows fresh insights into familiar plays. Each chapter pairs a popular play from the post-war period with a classic theory text.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. What does Jimmy Porter want?: Osborne with Lacan
      2. Home front: Pinter with Freud
      3. Hamlet games: Stoppard with Lyotard
      4. Before Orton, after Foucault
      5. Jokes and their relation to interpellation: Griffiths with Althusser
      6. Towards a citational history: Churchill with Benjamin
      7. Simulacra on Fleet Street: Pravda with Baudrillard
      8. Culture and colonies: Wertenbaker with Said
      9. Trauma and testimony in Blasted: Kane with Felman
      Bibliography

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