Love in Contemporary British Drama / Contemporary Drama in English Studies Bd.31 (PDF)
Traditions and Transformations of a Cultural Emotion
(Sprache: Englisch)
Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of...
sofort als Download lieferbar
eBook (pdf)
124.95 €
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenloser tolino webreader
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „Love in Contemporary British Drama / Contemporary Drama in English Studies Bd.31 (PDF)“
Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama. Love in Contemporary British Drama reflects the appeal of love as a topic and driving force in dramatic works with in-depth analyses of eight pivotal plays from the past three decades.
Following an interdisciplinary and historical approach, the study collects and condenses theories of love from philosophy and sociology to derive persisting discourses and to examine their reoccurrence and transformation in contemporary plays. Special emphasis is put on narratives of love's compensatory function and precariousness and on how modifications of these narratives epitomise the peculiarities of emotional life in the social and cultural context of the present.
Based on the assumption that drama is especially inclined to draw on shared narratives for representations of love, the book demonstrates that love is both a window to remnants of the past in the present and a proper subject matter for drama in times in which the suitability of the dramatic form has been questioned.
Following an interdisciplinary and historical approach, the study collects and condenses theories of love from philosophy and sociology to derive persisting discourses and to examine their reoccurrence and transformation in contemporary plays. Special emphasis is put on narratives of love's compensatory function and precariousness and on how modifications of these narratives epitomise the peculiarities of emotional life in the social and cultural context of the present.
Based on the assumption that drama is especially inclined to draw on shared narratives for representations of love, the book demonstrates that love is both a window to remnants of the past in the present and a proper subject matter for drama in times in which the suitability of the dramatic form has been questioned.
Autoren-Porträt von Korbinian Stöckl
Korbinian Stöckl, Augsburg University, Germany.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Korbinian Stöckl
- 2021, 1. Auflage, 303 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Walter de Gruyter
- ISBN-10: 3110714701
- ISBN-13: 9783110714708
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.01.2021
Abhängig von Bildschirmgröße und eingestellter Schriftgröße kann die Seitenzahl auf Ihrem Lesegerät variieren.
eBook Informationen
- Dateiformat: PDF
- Größe: 1.49 MB
- Ohne Kopierschutz
Sprache:
Englisch
Kommentar zu "Love in Contemporary British Drama / Contemporary Drama in English Studies Bd.31"
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Love in Contemporary British Drama / Contemporary Drama in English Studies Bd.31".
Kommentar verfassen