{"product_id":"the-plays-of-margaret-drabble-a-critical-edition-9780815636113","title":"The Plays of Margaret Drabble: A Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning British novelist Margaret Drabble is renowned for her fiction, stories that gave voice to the new woman of the 1960s and continue to illuminate the conflicting roles of women in the twenty-first century. Drabble's long affiliation with the theatrical world also inspired her to experiment with\u003cbr\u003ethe dramatic form. She wrote two plays--one for television, Laura (1964), and one for the stage, Bird of Paradise (1969). Fern ndez's penetrating new critical edition makes both plays available for the first time, giving Drabble fans a new vantage point from which to understand her work. In \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBird of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, Drabble mines the familiar territory of social class, domestic life, and questions of destiny, which have been the hallmark of her writing. Asin her novels, both plays reveal a deep curiosity about the world and a piercing commentary on the social issues of her time. The volume's introduction and accompanying critical essays give valuable insight into the plays' historical and social context, and explore the artistic solutions that an accomplished\u003cbr\u003eauthor of fiction found when writing for the stage. Offering a fascinating complement to Drabble's prodigious oeuvre, this volume also provides a glimpse into a specific period in English letters, one that shaped an influential generation of writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Francisco Fernández\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815636113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Drabble is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Flood Rises\u003c\/i\u003e, The Seven Sisters, \u003ci\u003eThe Peppered Moth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Needle's Eye, \u003c\/i\u003e among other novels. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJosé Francisco Fernández is a lecturer at the University of Almería in Spain. He is the editor of a collection of short stories by Margaret Drabble, \u003ci\u003eA Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40191908839539,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f1f6acb2-0e3d-46ba-80f7-c1dd05de47a2.jpg?v=1655907008","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-plays-of-margaret-drabble-a-critical-edition-9780815636113","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}