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Surveying the entirety of McNally's works, including the most important of McNally's still unpublished works, this book positions McNally at the forefront of contemporary American writers-in particular, gay writers-treating the issues of suffering, loss,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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781683932178
• ISBN-10: 168393217X
• Artikelnr.: 62193216

Autorenporträt

By Raymond-Jean Frontain

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