Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical EssaysSandor Goodhart Routledge, 28 oct. 2013 - 304 pagini Stephen Sondheim is arguably the most important writer for the American musical stage today, the equivalent in his field of Miller, Albee, O'Neill, and Williams. Yet he has rarely been treated seriously within the academy. Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays is an attempt to remedy that situation. Bringing together scholars and critics from a wide variety of literary and theoretical perspectives, this book undertakes to examine all of Sondheim's major productions and themes. |
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... scene , in which we come to understand that the entirety of the play's action may have taken place inside Robert's head — just before he en- tered the darkened room ( while standing center stage , listening ) , or just after ( perhaps ...
... scene , in which we come to understand that the entirety of the play's action may have taken place inside Robert's head — just before he en- tered the darkened room ( while standing center stage , listening ) , or just after ( perhaps ...
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... scene cannot have happened the way it is described . We are in a world where indeed horri- ble things can happen , but not one in which people can fly , or at will become birds and " [ soar ] straight into a ray of sunshine . " What is ...
... scene cannot have happened the way it is described . We are in a world where indeed horri- ble things can happen , but not one in which people can fly , or at will become birds and " [ soar ] straight into a ray of sunshine . " What is ...
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... scene in which they yelled at younger versions of themselves ( which can be trans- lated as the enactment of their memories ) , this series of events cannot have happened at will . We can speak to an earlier version of ourselves , but ...
... scene in which they yelled at younger versions of themselves ( which can be trans- lated as the enactment of their memories ) , this series of events cannot have happened at will . We can speak to an earlier version of ourselves , but ...
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Cuprins
The Sung and the Said Literary Value in | 37 |
Maternity Madness and Art in the Theater | 61 |
Every Day a Little Death Sondheims | 77 |
The Funeral of Follies Stephen Sondheim | 89 |
Difference and Sameness Tarchettis Fosca | 101 |
It Takes Two A Duet on Duets in Follies | 121 |
Enchantment on the Manicured Lawns | 133 |
Arresting Development Law Love and | 171 |
Visions and Revisions The Postmodern Challenge | 187 |
Happily Ever NEVER The Antithetical | 209 |
Works Cited | 259 |
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