| John Osborne: Vituperative Artist: A Reading of His Life and Work Contributor(s): Gilleman, Luc (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815322011 ISBN-13: 9780815322016 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2001 Annotation: John Osborne, who died in 1994, will be remembered as a playwright who liberated modern British drama from genteel explorations of upper-middle class life. He opened doors to English social and political realities that few authors since Shaw have presented on stage. Each essay chapter in the volume deals in depth with an important Osborne play. Gilleman's book analyses Osborne's reception and proposes an argument about his aesthetics. This book is sectioned so as to evoke the divisions of a "well made play" suggesting that "Osborne, the playwright" is perhaps his own best creation. The text includes the quick and perturbing rise to success, the masterworks, the slow descent with a number of relative failures, and the apt resolution with a play that returned to the opening scene of Osborne's career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Drama - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| LCCN: 00061736 |
| Series: Studies in Modern Drama |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.26" W x 9.26" (1.22 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
