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John Osborne: Vituperative Artist (Studies in Modern Drama) [Hardcover]

Luc Gilleman (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0815322011 | ISBN-13: 978-0815322016 | Publication Date: December 21, 2001 | Edition: 1

For British playwright, John Osborne, there are no brave causes; only people who muddle through life, who hurt, and are often hurt in return. This study deals with Osborne's complete oeuvre and critically examines its form and technique; the function of the gaze; its construction of gender; and the relationship between Osborne's life and work. Gilleman has also traced the evolution of Osborne's reception by turning to critical reviews at the beginning of each chapter.

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Gilleman writes not to bury or to praise Osborne, but to undersatnd the patterns of meaning that animate the plays. She succeeds admirably. Choice.

Product Details

Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 21, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815322011
ISBN-13: 978-0815322016
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,819,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
"People are more out of sympathy with me now than they were, say, twenty years ago," Osborne said in a 1976 interview. Read the first page

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good old number one, bond honoured, offending the audience, old cigar, drag ball, angry young man

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Royal Court Theatre, Inadmissible Evidence, Jimmy Porter, Lord Chamberlain, West End, George Dillon, John Osborne, Tony Richardson, George Devine, Bill Maitland, National Theatre, Laurence Olivier, Hedda Gabler, Jill Bennett, Kenneth Tynan, Anthony Creighton, Arnold Wesker, Time Present, Archie Rice, English Stage Company, Harold Hobson, Anthony Page, Countess Delyanoff, Osborne's Luther, Tom Jones

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This book cites 100 books:

Look Back in Anger (Plays, Penguin) by John Osborne on 43 pages
Inadmissible Evidence: A Play. by John, Osborne on 22 pages
Watch it Come Down by John Osborne on 18 pages
A Better Class of Person: An Autobiography 1929-1956 by John Osborne on 7 pages
Subject of Scandal and Concern (Faber paper covered editions) by John Osborne on 6 pages

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