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Title: Nation, Community, Self Condition: New EAN: 9788869771347 ISBN: 9788869771347 Publisher: Mimesis International Format: Paperback Release Date: 31/10/2018 Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 140mm Contributor: Gioia Angeletti (Edited by) Author: Gioia Angeletti Language: English Subtitle: Female Voices in Scottish Theatre from the Seventies to the Present ISBN-10: 8869771342 Country/Region of Manufacture: IT Book Series: Literature Genre: Literary Criticism Description: From the late 1960s until the present day, a significant number of women playwrights have emerged in Scottish theatre who have made a pioneering contribution to dramatic innovation and experimentation. Despite the critical reassessment of some of these authors in the last twenty years, their invaluable achievement in playwriting, within and outside Scotland, still deserves more thorough investigations and fuller acknowledgement. This work explores what is still uncharted territory by examining a selection of representative texts by Ann Marie di Mambro, Marcella Evaristi, Sue Glover, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead, Sharman Macdonald, and Joan Ure. The three macro-thematic areas of the book – the rewriting of the Shakespearean canon; the representation of female communities and minorities; and the conflicts between the self and society – find significant and paradigmatic expression in their dramas. All seven writers examined in this book have explored new theatrical methods, introduced aesthetic innovations and opened new perspectives to engage with the complexities of national, community and individual identities. This study will surely contribute to wider recognition of their achievement, so that their work can never again be described as “uncharted territory”. Release Year: 2018 Missing Information?
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