{"product_id":"tom-stoppard-daniel-keith-jernigan-9780786465323","title":"Tom Stoppard: Bucking the Postmodern","description":"\u003cp\u003e Tom Stoppard is justly famous for his innovative theatrical techniques. Daniel Jernigan argues that while much of Tom Stoppard's early work (\u003ci\u003eRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Real Inspector Hound\u003c\/i\u003e, for instance) is postmodern, the remainder of his career essentially tracks backward from there--becoming \"late modernist\" in the 1970s (\u003ci\u003eTravesties\u003c\/i\u003e) and fully modernist in the 80s and 90s (\u003ci\u003eThe Real Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e). This pattern also makes sense of Stoppard's recent and uncharacteristic foray into dramatic realism with \u003ci\u003eThe Coast of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and \u003ci\u003eRock 'n' Roll\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), at which point the playwright seems to embrace the more straightforward rhetorical advantages of literary realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Keith Jernigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786465328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786465323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Daniel Keith Jernigan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483686220031,"sku":"9780786465323","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d3446424-bf4e-4e99-b52b-114d9ad80458.jpg?v=1778040002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tom-stoppard-daniel-keith-jernigan-9780786465323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}