Litteraturvetenskap: dramatik & dramatiker

Den 24 februari 2022, samma dag som Ryssland invaderar Ukraina, skickar dramatikern och skriben¿ten Stina Oscarson ett brev till konstnären Madeleine Pyk med en fråga: Varför ska man måla ugglor när världen brinner? Det blir starten på en intensiv...

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Now in its 4th edition, this is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the critical study of drama. Using familiar examples of classic and contemporary works such as Shakespeares King Lear, Ibsens A Dolls House and Timberlake Wertenbakers...

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21 november 2019 Jag vet inte om jag skall sluta arbeta, om jag skall betrakta mitt arbete som avslutat. Tanken, som jag knappt vågar tänka, skrämmer mig. Jag säger till mig själv att jag kanske borde ta ett uppehåll, sluta försöka, men också det ...

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Under en period av exakt fem år registrerar en nordeuropeisk dramatiker vid namn Lars Norén dagligen sina tankar, ord och gärningar. Han går till sitt arbete. Han går och handlar. Han odlar sin trädgård, städar ur sin garderob. Han ser ljuset över...

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EN SPÄNNANDE RAPPORT FRÅN EN OKÄND DEL AV TEATERNS VÄRLD Varför blev Arnold Wesker så rasande på Linus Tunström? Hur gick det till när den minimalistiske poeten Jon Fosse, som avskydde den konventionella teatern, blev en av världens mest spelade d...

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Under en period av exakt fem år registrerar en nordeuropeisk dramatiker vid namn Lars Norén dagligen sina tankar, ord och gärningar. Han går till sitt arbete. Han går och handlar. Han odlar sin trädgård, städar ur sin garderob. Han ser ljuset över...

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27 augusti 2015 Om någon förblir uthållig nog att fortsätta läsa den här boken beror det nog på samma vilja som jag har i min uthållighet att fortsätta att skriva den, det vill säga leva. 27 februari 2019 Mitt liv skulle vara tråkigt om det inte v...

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"Gjorde klart dagboken, antecknade. Jag har det jag behöver, mer än nog. Jag vill inte se mer. Jag vill inte höra mer. Det enda jag vill är att befria mig från själva musiken i mitt inre, den som tar så mycket tid och inte leder mig någonstan...

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The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear, the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello, the caus...

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This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play in its political context, discussing its relat...

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The second of Lorca's trilogy of rural dramas, Yerma, is a blend of contrasting moods through which Lorca charts the increasingly destructive obsession of a childless young country wife, and probes the darker zones of human fears and desires. The ...

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. This Penguin Modern Classi...

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Det lysande mörkret är Leif Zerns studie om den norske dramatikern Jon Fosse. Denna introduktionen till hans teater var den första i sitt slag och kom att översättas till ett flertal språk. Följande skriver Zern om ett av sina första möten med Fos...

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Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when publish...

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'The Mona Lisa of literature' T. S. Eliot In Shakespeare's verbally dazzling and eternally enigmatic exploration of conscience, madness and the nature of humanity, a young prince meets his father's ghost in the middle of the night, who accuses his...

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design This edition of Hamlet is edited with an introduction by series editor A. R. Braunmuller and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a G...

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Litteraturens klassiker 1-18 är antologin för alla som vill stifta bekantskap med de yppersta verken inom lyrik, dramatik och prosa. Ett urval texter från antiken till 1900-talets första decennier. Oumbärlig för studerande i litteraturvetenskap oc...

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A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'The best introduction to the plays I've read, perhaps the best book on Shakespeare, full stop' Alex Preston, Observer 'It makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary M...

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Five exciting new plays for young people written specifically in response to a world in the midst of a pandemic, accompanied by a handbook from Wonder Fools theatre company with guidance for staging the plays either online or live in the space. Co...

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Fruto capital del universo lorquiano, esta obra sin parangón recoge la historia de Bernarda Alba, enviudada por segunda vez a los sesenta años, y de sus hijas, obligadas a sumirse en un luto que desencadenará la tragedia. Considerada la obra más m...

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design This edition ofThe Tempestis edited with an introduction and notes by Peter Hollandand was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia.Waldia received a Gold Med...

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Piece together the world of Shakespeare in this art jigsaw puzzle depicting the London of his day. Spot a huge cast of contemporary extras as A Midsummer Nights Dream is rehearsed at the Globe and fellow actors wander the streets, along with local...

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Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. All good dramatic writing depends up...

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Who wrote the works of Shakespeare? Revealing newly discovered evidence, John Casson and William D. Rubinstein definitively answer this question, presenting the case that the man from Stratford simply did not have the education, cultural backgroun...

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Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians, and his plays are marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and a subtle variety of register and mood. This new translation does full justice ...

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Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Indeed, for 250 years - until early this century - it was performed with grand operatic additions set to baroque music. In his introduction Nicholas Br...

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In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Theatre was a ceremony bound up with fundamental activities in ancient Athenian l...

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Learn the entire works of one of the greatest writers of the English language in The Shakespeare Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about the work...

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This is the first complete, critical biography of Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), one of America's finest playwrights and the author of (among many important works) The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot...

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Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Baillie Gifford 'Winner of Winners' award in 2023 How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we f...

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