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100 1 $aGilleman, Luc M.$q(Luc Maurice)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95053180
245 10 $aJohn Osborne :$bvituperative artist : a reading of his life and work /$cby Luc Gilleman.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2002.
300 $axii, 260 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aStudies in modern drama
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.
520 1 $a"What can be said about the work of a man like John Osborne, who always had a knack for writing the wrong things at the wrong times? Steeped in personal neurosis, Osborne peopled his plays with a cast of unappealing characters who muddle through life, tormenting themselves and others. Starting with Look Back in Anger in 1956, he defied aesthetic convention and fashionable ideology throughout his career and left behind a richly diverse, though often frustratingly complex body of work.
520 8 $aDespite the ambivalence of critics and audiences, he is recognized today as one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century as well as the father of modern British theater. This study by Luc Gilleman provides a fresh critical perspective on Osborne's complete oeuvre, addressing the issues in his plays most relevant today, notably the relationship between his life and work, the function of the gaze, and the construction of gender. Gilleman examines all of the major plays chronologically, offering both detailed analysis and contextual overview.
520 8 $aThose interested in the history of modern English-speaking theater will welcome this timely reappraisal of Osborne's provocative life and work."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aOsborne, John,$d1929-1994$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aInvective in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005312
830 0 $aStudies in modern drama.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00044466
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