Oscar Wilde and Contemporary Irish Drama

Represents the first book-length study of the Wildean aesthetic in contemporary Irish drama Examines an extensive range of Wilde's writings (as opposed to merely his plays) Demonstrates that contemporary playwrights engage with Wilde's legacy in distinct and unique ways

Autorentext
Graham Price is Lecturer at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Future is what Artists Are.- 2. Brian Friel: The Liar as Artist.- 3. Thomas Kilroy: Biography but with the facts changed.- 4. Tom Murphy: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.- 5. Frank McGuinness: To Hell with the truth so long as it rhymes.- 6. Marina Carr: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.- 7. Epilogue.