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The Buried Astrolabe: Canadian Dramatic Imagination and Western Tradition  
Author: Craig Stewart Walker
ISBN: 0773520759
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review
Buried Astrolabe: Canadian Dramatic Imagination and Western Tradition

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"The Buried Astrolabe shows that Canadian plays are increasingly being recognized as some of the most important on the international scene. Craig Walker devotes the main body of his critical introduction to readings of James Reaney, Michael Cook, Sharon Pollock, Michel Tremblay, George F. Walker, and Judith Thompson. His interpretations shed light on poetics, mythological underpinnings, and the cultural significance of characteristic tropes."--BOOK JACKET.

FROM THE CRITICS

Booknews

A critical introduction to Canadian playwriting, providing a context for the study of Canadian drama and showing how it developed from Western European philosophical, literary, and dramatic traditions. Walker (drama, Queen's U., Montreal) provides critical readings of the work of James Reaney, Michael Cook, Sharon Pollock, Michel Tremblay, George F. Walker, and Judith Thompson, discussing the distinctive elements of each writer's voice while investigating the plays' mythological underpinnings and the larger cultural significance of characteristic tropes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

     



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