{"product_id":"drama-theory-by-peter-buse-9780719057229","title":"Drama + theory","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnergetically places modern British drama and contemporary critical and cultural theory in dialogue, demonstrating how theory allows fresh insights into familiar plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter pairs a well-known play from the post-war period with a classic theory text. The theoretical text is not simply applied to the dramatic one; instead, the play and the theoretical text reflect on each other in a mutual illumination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamples include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook Back in Anger\u003c\/em\u003e is read by and reads Lacan's \"Signification of the Phallus\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePinter's \u003cem\u003eThe Homecoming\u003c\/em\u003e is made uncanny with Freud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStoppard's \u003cem\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead\u003c\/em\u003e finds affinities with Lyotard's \u003cem\u003eThe Postmodern Condition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTimberlake Wertenbaker's \u003cem\u003eOur Country's Good\u003c\/em\u003e agrees and disagrees with Edward Said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSarah Kane's \u003cem\u003eBlasted\u003c\/em\u003e thinks through trauma with Shoshana Felman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn each case, the theoretical position is explained lucidly and economically. The result is a series of new interpretations not only of the plays but of the theoretical texts, which take on new relevance when linked with modern British drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first textbook of its kind, linking contemporary drama with critical and cultural theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596293914860,"sku":"9780719057229","price":102.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780719057229-drama-theory.jpg?v=1777919621","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/drama-theory-by-peter-buse-9780719057229","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}