The Edinburgh companion to Liz Lochhead / edited by Anne Varty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varty, Anne, Author.

Contributor:

Varty, Anne.

Series:

Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature.

Edinburgh companions to Scottish literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lochhead, Liz, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.

Lochhead, Liz.

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2013.

Summary:

Explores the significance of Liz Lochhead's work for the twenty-first century.The first contemporary critical investigation since Liz Lochhead's appointment as Scotland's second Scots Makar, this Companion examines her poetry, theatre, visual and performing arts, and broadcast media. It also discusses her theatre for children and young people, her translations for the stage as well as translations of her texts into foreign languages and cultures.Several poets offer commentaries on the influence of Liz Lochhead on their own practice while academic critics from America, Europe, England and Scotl

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Brief Biography of Liz Lochhead; Introduction; CHAPTER ONEPoet and Performer: Practitioners Speak; CHAPTER TWOChoices: Poems 1972-2011; CHAPTER THREEThe Colour of Black and White andScottish Identity; CHAPTER FOURLiz Lochhead, Shakespeare and theInvention of Language; CHAPTER FIVELochhead Translated; CHAPTER SEVENLiz Lochhead and the Gothic; CHAPTER EIGHTLiz Lochhead's Theatre for Children andYoung People; CHAPTER NINEA Woman's Voice; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-146) and index.

ISBN:

9781784023287

1784023280

9781299483873

1299483879

9780748654734

0748654739

OCLC:

841229594