1st Edition
Martin Crimp’s Power Plays Intertextuality, Sexuality, Desire
By Vicky Angelaki
Copyright 2023
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 private and public, through an honest look at power structures and shifts, marriages and relationships,... Read more
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Surveying the Battleground: Martin Crimp’s Relationscapes
Chapter 1 - Imitating Art: Fiction Pieces and Short Plays
Chapter 2 - Mating for Life: Men Asleep
Chapter 3 - Handling with Care: Cyrano de Bergerac and When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other
Chapter 4 - Falling Tragically: The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema and Lessons in Love and Violence
Afterword - Forever Cruel and Tender
Index
Biography
Vicky Angelaki is Professor in English Literature at Mid Sweden University.
