Martin Crimp's power plays : intertextuality, sexuality, desire /

• Main Author: Angelaki, Vicky, 1980- (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Routledge, 2023.
• Subjects: Crimp, Martin, > 1956- > Ερμηνεία και κριτική.; Αγγλικό δράμα > 21ος αιώνας > Ιστορία και κριτική.; Διαπροσωπικές σχέσεις στην λογοτεχνία.; Γάμος στη λογοτεχνία; Σεξ στη λογοτεχνία; Literary criticism.

"This book covers playwright Martin Crimp's recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience. Examining the bold and exciting body of writing by Crimp, the book delves into his depiction of intersections between narratives, as well as between pri...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Surveying the battleground : Martin Crimp's relationscapes
• Imitating art : fiction pieces and short plays
• Mating for life : men asleep
• Handling with care : Cyrano de Bergerac and when we have sufficiently tortured each other
• Falling tragically : The rest will be familiar to you from cinema and Lessons in love and violence
• Afterword: Forever Cruel and tender.