| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 137 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 515 |
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Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 515
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. A Somebody -- Ch. 2. Orton as Trickster -- Ch. 3. Head to Toe and Up Against It -- Ch. 4. Crimes of Passion -- Ch. 5. Passionless Crimes: The Good and Faithful Servant and Funeral Games -- Ch. 6. Entertaining Mr. Sloane -- Ch. 7. Loot -- Ch. 8. What the Butler Saw -- Ch. 9. A Final Trick: A Matter of the Emperor's Clothes |
| Summary |
She places Orton in the rebellious tradition of such writers as Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, William Wycherley, and William Congreve, noting that, like that of the emigres Joyce and Beckett, Orton's rebellion took shape only when, at the age of 17, he left his middle-class hometown of Leicester for good |
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In this penetrating analysis of Orton's writing, Susan Rusinko uses as a point of departure the image of Orton as clown and trickster, following in the tradition of the Lord of Misrule. She intersperses her analysis of Orton's three landmark plays with commentary on his four short plays for radio and television (two later revised for the stage), his posthumously published novel, his published but unproduced film script for the Beatles, his sketch for Kenneth Tynan's Oh, Calcutta!, and his renowned Diaries, published posthumously in 1986, wherein much of the nature of his outsider's take on society is revealed. Rusinko argues that Orton, Pinter, and Stoppard belong to the tradition of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, as reinvigorators of stage language not in evidence since the Renaissance |
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Joe Orton |
| Analysis |
English drama |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Orton, Joe -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Orton, Joe 1933-1967 gnd |
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Orton, Joe. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00042637 |
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Orton, Joe. swd |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95010064 |
| ISBN |
0805746749 |
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9780805746747 |
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