Raymond-Jean Frontain

The Theater of Terrence McNally

Something about Grace

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Produktbeschreibung

Surveying the entirety of McNally's works, including the most important of McNally's still unpublished works, this book positions McNally at the forefront of contemporary American writers-in particular, gay writers-treating the issues of suffering, loss, spiritual renewal, and forgiveness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9781683932154
• ISBN-10: 1683932153
• Artikelnr.: 56971389

Autorenporträt

Raymond-Jean Frontain is professor of English and former director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Central Arkansas.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: Something about Grace: McNally's Religious Humanism
Chapter One: Someone is Out There: Existential Angst in And Things That Go
Bump in the Night Chapter Two: "I Can't Believe This Whole Night":
Redemption by Farce in The Ritz Chapter Three: Long Night's Journey into
Day: Frankie and Johnny as Sexual Eucharist Chapter Four: The Loneliness of
the Long-Distance Swimmer: Lips Together, Teeth Apart Chapter Five: "Allow,
Accept, Be": McNally's Engagement with Hindu Spirituality in A Perfect
Ganesh Chapter Six: Communal Survival and the Dance of Death in Love!
Valour! Compassion! Chapter Seven: "All Men Are Divine": Religious Mystery
and Homosexual Identity in Corpus Christi Chapter Eight: McNally on the
Cross: Dead Man Walking, Crucifixion, and A Man of No Importance Chapter
Nine: Discovering the Authentic Self: Dedication and the Salvific Function
of Theater Chapter Ten: Sing for Your Supper, Sing for Your Salvation:
Golden Age, Master Class, and The Lisbon Traviata Conclusion: The Music of
Forgiveness: The Visit and Mothers and Sons Appendix: A Calendar of the
Works of Terrence McNally Works Cited Index About the Author