Alan Bennett
eBook - ePub

Alan Bennett

A Critical Introduction

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Alan Bennett

A Critical Introduction

About this book

Alan Bennett is perhaps best known in the UK for the BBC production of his Talking Heads TV plays, while the rest of the world may recognize him for the film adaptation of his play, The Madness of King George. O'Mealy points out that Bennett is a social critic strongly influenced by Beckett and Swift, interested in depicting and analyzing the role playing of everyday life, a'la sociologist Ervin Goffman.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: Who is Alan Bennett?
  10. 1. Early Stage Works: From Beyond the Fringe to Habeas Corpus
  11. 2. Early Television Plays: 1972-1979
  12. 3. Deeper North: Enjoy, Objects of Affection, and a Private Function
  13. 4. Spies and Writers: Burgess, Blunt, Kafka, and Proust
  14. 5. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life: Talking Heads
  15. 6. Millennium Approaches: Talking Heads 2
  16. 7. Adapting to Stage and Screen: Joe Orton, Mr. Toad, and George III
  17. 8. Conclusion: In the Van(guard)
  18. Chronology
  19. Selected Bibliography
  20. Index