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基本信息·出版社：Cambridge University Press
·页码：266 页
·出版日期：2004年08月
·ISBN：0521894689
·条形码：9780521894685
·装帧：平装
·丛书名：Cambridge Companions to Literature
·外文书名：剑桥文学指南: 戴维·马梅
内容简介 This collection of specially written essays offers both student and theatregoer a guide to one of the most celebrated American dramatists working today. The volume covers the full range of Mamet's writing, as well as his films, such as The Verdict and Wag the Dog. Additional chapters also explore Mamet and acting, Mamet as director, his fiction, and a survey of Mamet criticism. The Companion to David Mamet is an introduction which will prepare the reader for future work by this important and influential writer.
作者简介 Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia and has published more than twenty-five books covering American theatre, popular culture and British drama, including Modern American Drama, 1945–1990 (Cambridge), and Contemporary American Playwrights (Cambridge). He is editor of The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller and coeditor, with Don Wilmeth, of The Cambridge History of American Theatre. He is also an award-winning novelist and regular radio and television broadcaster.
编辑推荐 Review '... a valuable addition to the criticism available on this significant American playwright.' New Theatre Quarterly '... innovative and resourceful ...' Journal of American Studies
Review '… a valuable addition to the criticism available on this significant American playwright.' New Theatre Quarterly
'… innovative and resourceful …' Journal of American Studies
Product Description This collection of specially written essays offers both student and theatregoer a guide to one of the most celebrated American dramatists working today. Readers will find the general and accessible descriptions and analyses provide the perfect introduction to Mamet’s work. The volume covers the full range of Mamet’s writing, including now classic plays such as American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross, and his more recent work, Boston Marriage, among others, as well as his films, such as The Verdict and Wag the Dog. Additional chapters also explore Mamet and acting, Mamet as director, his fiction, and a survey of Mamet criticism. The Companion to David Mamet is an introduction which will prepare the reader for future work by this important and influential writer.
