Marina Carr

Pastures of the Unknown
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-98330-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 303 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Offers an in-depth critical analysis of the theatre of Marina Carr from 1988 to the present
Incorporates archival manuscript sources from the ‘Marina Carr Collection’ at the National Library of Ireland

Includes the author's personal interviews with the playwright

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sihra, Melissa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Irische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Towards a Matriarchal Lineage.- 2. Seeking a Landscape: Early Pastures.- 3. Lakes of the Night: The Mai.- 4. Topographies of the Mind: Portia Coughlan.- 5. Writ in the Sky: By the Bog of Cats….- 6. The Haunted Kitchen: On Raftery’s Hill.- 7. Psychic Terrains: Ariel and Woman and Scarecrow.- 8. Playing the Field: The Cordelia Dream and Meat and Salt.- 9. Landscapes of the Mind’s Eye: The Giant Blue Hand and Marble.- 10. The Nature of Playwriting: Sixteen Possible Glimpses, Phaedra Backwards and Hecuba.- 11.Beyond the Gauze.

Über Autor(innen)

Melissa Sihra is Head of Drama at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and Assistant Professor of Drama. She is editor of Women in Irish Drama: A Century of Authorship and Representation and was President of the Irish Society for Theatre Research from 2011-15. She is a Dramaturg and regular speaker at the Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering at Coole Park.