Stages of struggle : modern playwrights and their psychological inspirations

Publication Data

• Title Stages of struggle : modern playwrights and their psychological inspirations
• Author John Louis DiGaetani
• Publisher McFarland & Co.
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Jefferson, N.C.
• Language English

Contents

George Bernard Shaw
the gay subtext
Luigi Pirandello
schizophrenia
Noel Coward
narcissism
Samuel Beckett
decadence and the suicidal impulse
Tennessee Williams
sibling rivalry
Eugene O'Neill, Edward Albee, Simon Gray, Brian Friel, Martin McDonagh
alcoholism
Harold Pinter
sadomasochism
Benjamin Britten
pedophilia
Caryl Churchill, Joe Orton, Tom Stoppard
sexual dysfunction
David Hare
transference
David Mamet and Harvey Fierstein
gender roles and role playing
Stephen Sondheim
perfectionism
Tom Stoppard
logomania
Stages of struggle, a Wagnerian conclusion.

Topics

• American drama :: 20th century :: History and criticism :: Theory, etc.
• English drama :: 20th century :: History and criticism :: Theory, etc.
• Dramatists, American :: 20th century :: Psychology
• Dramatists, English :: 20th century :: Psychology
• Autobiographical memory in literature
• Subjectivity in literature
• Playwriting
• 014522982

Stages of struggle : modern playwrights and their psychological inspirations by John Louis DiGaetani. ISBN 9780786431571. Published by McFarland & Co. in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.