Edinburgh Companion to Liz Lochhead (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Varty, Anne

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the significance of Liz Lochhead's work for the twenty-first century.The first contemporary critical investigation since Liz Lochhead's appointment as Scotland's second Scots Makar, this Companion examines her poetry, theatre, visual and performing arts, and broadcast media. It also discusses her theatre for children and young people, her translations for the stage as well as translations of her texts into foreign languages and cultures.Several poets offer commentaries on the influence of Liz Lochhead on their own practice while academic critics from America, Europe, England and Scotland offer new critical readings inspired by feminism, post-colonialism and cultural history. The volume addresses all of Lochhead's major outputs, from new appraisal of early work such as Dreaming Frankenstein and Blood and Ice to evaluations of her more recent works and collections such as The Colour of Black and White and Perfect Days. Key Features:* Critical perspectives on Lochhead's established work and most recent interventions.* Situates Lochhead at the forefront of developing Scottish culture in a global context* Provides a bibliography of Lochhead's works and a select bibliography of criticismKeywords: Liz Lochhead, Scottish Poetry, Scottish Theatre, Women's Writing, Dreaming Frankenstein, National Makar

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748654734
• Artikelnr.: 38221404

Autorenporträt

Anne Varty is Reader in Victorian Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, and has wide-ranging interests in contemporary Scottish literature, and theatre and literature since the Victorian period. She co-edited Liz Lochhead's Voices with Robert Crawford in 1993, and her most recent monograph is Children and Theatre in Victorian Britain (2007). Her research is multidisciplinary and focuses on interfaces between history, literature and theatre.