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Author Purse, Nigel

Title Costerus New Series : Tom Stoppard?s Plays : Patterns of Plenitude and Parsimony (1)
Published Brill, 2016-08-01 00:00:00.0

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Contents 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 DebateThe 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 PunThe 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 StoppardCharacters in Stoppard's Works; General Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004319654
9789004319653