Judith Sebesta, University of Arizona
"The authors do employ an impressive array of methodologies to analyze and interpret Sondheim's oeuvre."
Book Description
Stephen Sondheim is arguably the most important writer for the American musical stage today, the equivalent in his field of Miller, Albee, O'Neill, and Williams. Yet he has rarely been treated seriously within the academy. Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays is an attempt to remedy that situation. Bringing together scholars and critics from a wide variety of literary and theoretical perspectives, this book undertakes to examine all of Sondheim's major productions and themes.
Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays, Vol. 10 FROM THE PUBLISHER
Sondheim expert Sandor Goodhart and an invited group of world-renowned scholars and critics discuss and analyze Sondheim's major productions and themes using various critical methodologies - deconstruction, Marxism, formalism, psychoanalysis, historicism, and other postmodernist perspectives. In short, this volume offers all the substance one needs to appreciate and understand Stephen Sondheim's work and sets the standard of excellence against which future Sondheim scholarship will be measured.
FROM THE CRITICS
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Scholars and critics discuss and analyze Sondheim's major productions and themes using various critical methodologies, including deconstruction, Marxism, formalism, psychoanalysis, and historicism. They discuss Sondheim's major themes, such as marriage, romantic passion, and madness, and overview all of his plays against the background of modern British and American drama. They discuss his place in theater history and his literary and cinematic sources, and offer critical analyses of six plays. Goodhart is associate professor of English and the director of the Jewish studies program at Purdue University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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