Steven Putzel

Virginia Woolf and the Theater

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Virginia Woolf and the Theater demonstrates that drama, theater and performance formed a continuous subtext in Virginia Woolf's art and in her life, thus providing new insight into the dramatic and even theatrical quality of her fiction. Also, drawing on published and unpublished diaries, letters, essays, and other documents, this book allows readers to witness Victorian, Edwardian, and mid-twentieth century British theater through Woolf's eyes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press Copublishing Division
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781611474572
• ISBN-10: 1611474574
• Artikelnr.: 33946375

Autorenporträt

Steven Putzel is associate professor of English at Penn State University

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations
Introduction Chapter One: Entertainment: From Music Hall to Opera Chapter
Two: Bloomsbury Actors, Audience, and Playwrights Chapter Three: Pioneers
and their Uncles Chapter Four: Theatrical Theory and Narrative Practice
Chapter Five: Stage Adaptations of Woolf's Work Conclusion: irginia Woolf's
Legacy to Women Playwrights Works Cited Appendix: Chart of Plays Woolf
Attended About the Author