Brian Friel

Scott Boltwood

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781137523051
• eBook ISBN: 9781137523068
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Critica letteraria inglese

This essential guide provides a deeply informed survey of the criticism of all the plays and major stories authored by Brian Friel. Scott Boltwood introduces readers to the key themes that have been used to characterise Friel's entire career, moving chronologically from his early work as a successful short story writer to the present day. This is an essential text for dedicated modules or courses on Modern or Contemporary British and Irish drama offered as part of English literature degrees, or for the literature and culture modules of undergraduate and postgraduate Irish studies degrees. In addition, this book is an ideal companion for A-level students reading Friel's plays, or anyone with an interest in this complex writer's career.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE Early Journalism and Stories
• CHAPTER TWO Early and ‘Withdrawn’ Plays
• CHAPTER THREE Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1964)
• CHAPTER FOUR Plays of the Later 1960s
• CHAPTER FIVE Plays of the Early 1970s
• CHAPTER SIX Living Quarters (1977) and Aristocrats (1979)
• CHAPTER SEVEN Faith Healer (1979)
• CHAPTER EIGHT Translations (1980)
• CHAPTER NINE Plays of the 1980s
• CHAPTER TEN Dancing at Lughnasa (1990)
• CHAPTER ELEVEN Plays of the 1990s
• CHAPTER TWELVE Last Plays
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• Index