Tom Stoppard's plays : patterns of plenitude and parsimony /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Rodopi,
[2016]
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| Series: | Costerus new series ;
217 |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1940076 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Tom Stoppard's Plays: Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- Plenitude
- Patterns
- Parsimony
- 1 Occam's Razor
- Stoppard and Occam's Razor
- Occam's Razor Applied Structurally
- Occam's Razor Applied to Writing
- Occam's Razor Applied to an Argument-Metaphysical
- Occam's Razor Applied to an Argument-Methodological
- Storm in a Teacup
- 'You don't have to be Einstein'
- Defining the Question
- The Language of Symbols'
- Anti-razor
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- Parsimony
- 2 The Stoppardian Stage Debate
- Intellectual Ping-Pong
- Internal Debate
- The Debate in the Vehicle
- The Multi-Faceted Debate
- Internal Contradictions
- Skirmishes
- The Multi-Play Debate
- Parsimony
- 3 The Vehicle versus the Idea
- 'Et in Arcadia ego!'
- 'Mental Acrobatics'
- The Play-Within-A-Play
- The Vehicle Comes First
- The Worked Example
- The Vehicle as Man
- Misalignment?
- Too Complicated?
- Parsimony
- 4 Ethics
- Absolutism versus Relativism-Morality
- God
- Truth
- Free Speech
- Freedom
- Fate
- Art
- Absolutism versus Relativism-General
- Parsimony
- 5 Dualism-Illusion and Reality
- Illusion and Reality
- Duality
- Parsimony
- 6 Stoppard's Theatricality
- Comedy
- The Pun
- The Intellectual Joke
- The Double Entendre
- Malapropisms
- The Cheap Gag
- Farce
- The Cross Purpose
- The Running Gag
- Satire
- Parody
- Straightforward Wit
- Visual Effects
- Poetry
- Music
- Opening Scenes
- Nudity
- Mystery
- Art
- Adaptations
- Literary Influences
- Beckett
- Chekhov
- Shakespeare
- Parsimony
- 7 Stoppard's Time Shifts
- Emotional Recall
- Perspective
- Integrating the Idea
- Reprising the Debate
- Narrative Recall
- Parsimony
- 8 Coda.
- Appendix 1: Hamlet vs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- Appendix 2: Indian Ink
- Timeline
- Appendix 3: The Coast of Utopia
- Timeline
- Bibliography
- Works by Tom Stoppard
- Characters in Stoppard's Works
- General Index.