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The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights
Contributor(s): Middeke, Martin (Editor), Schnierer, Peter Paul (Editor)
ISBN: 1408113465     ISBN-13: 9781408113462
Publisher: Methuen Drama
OUR PRICE:   $34.60  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 822.914
Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (1.15 lbs) 480 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights is an authoritative guide to the work of twenty-five playwrights from the last 50 years whose work has helped to shape and define Irish theatre. Written by a team of international scholars, it provides an illuminating survey and analysis of each writer's plays and will be invaluable to anyone interested in, studying or teaching contemporary Irish drama.

The playwrights examined range from John B. Keane, Brian Friel and Tom Murphy, to the crop of writers who emerged in the 1990s and who include Martin McDonagh, Marina Carr, Emma Donoghue and Mark O'Rowe. Each essay features:

a biographical sketch and introduction to the playwright
a discussion of their most important plays
an analysis of their stylistic and thematic traits, the critical reception and their place in the discourses of Irish theatre
a bibliography of texts and critical material

With a total of 190 plays discussed in detail, over half of which were written during the 1990s and 2000s, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary Irish Playwrights is unrivalled in its study of recent plays and playwrights.

Contributor Bio(s): Schnierer, Peter Paul: - Dr Peter Paul Schnierer is the Chair of English Literature at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.Middeke, Martin: - Middeke Martin (born 24 April 1963 in Paderborn) is a German literary scholar and Chair of English Literature at the University of Augsburg, Germany.