James Graham

State of the Nation Playwright
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-59662-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

is one of the UK’s leading dramatists, a multi-award-winning writer who for almost 20 years has analysed and articulated concepts of power and authority in modern British society. is the first full-length assessment of the writer’s output, applying core thematic areas - Democracy, Anarchy, Famous Faces and Television - to understand how different power bases operate in modern society, their effectiveness and influence, and how they came to pre-eminence during the last 70 years. The book concludes with an evaluation of Graham’s contribution to state-of-the-nation debates, Britain’s cycles of decline and its consequences for understanding contemporary national identity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Philpott, Maryam

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Legitimately Delegated Power.- Chapter 2: Democracy.- Chapter 3: Anarchy.- Part II: Assumed Power.- Chapter 4: Famous Faces.- Chapter 5: Television.- Part III: The State of the Nation.- Chapter 6: Writing for Television.- Chapter 7: The State of the Nation.

Über Autor(innen)

Maryam Philpott is a theatre critic with over 10 years’ experience writing for The Reviews Hub and her own site Cultural Capital dedicated to long-form theatre criticism, placing reviews in a broader historical and performance context. With a background in social and cultural history, previous publications include the peer reviewed academic monograph , published by Bloomsbury.