BOOKS - Tom Stoppard's Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony
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Tom Stoppard's Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony
Author: Nigel Purse
Year: November 17, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 2.8 MB
Language: English
Year: November 17, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 2.8 MB
Language: English
In Tom Stoppard's Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony Nigel Purse assesses the complete canon of Tom Stoppard's works on a thematic basis. He explains that, amongst the plenitude of chaotic comedy, wordplay and intellectual ping-pong of Stoppard's plays, the principle of parsimony that is Occam's razor lies at the heart of his works. He identifies key patterns in theme - ethics and duality - and method - Stoppard's stage debates and his dramatic vehicles - as well as in theatrical devices.Quoting extensively from all Stoppard's published works, many of his interviews and also unpublished material Nigel Purse arrives at a comprehensive and unique appraisal of Stoppard's plays.
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