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A study of Stoppard's works, each of his full-length state dramas and his novel are treated in individual chapters, with the remaining short or lesser stage plays, radio and television dramas, screenplays, and stage adaptations discussed in chapters devoted to the respective genres.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of George Bernard Shaw.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Jacques Lacan.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Jacques Derrida.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of H. L. Mencken.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Edmund Wilson.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Carolyn G. Heilbrun.

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