Some Literary Essays

This collection of literary essays re-considers some important dramatists of the last hundred years: Shaw, Beckett and their influences like Ibsen. Brecht was an influence on the three ideological dramatists considered, David Edgar, Howard Brenton and Edward Bond. It considers Thomas More's Utopia because of its influence on contemporary Utopian thinking and how Shakespeare created depth of character. It looks at three intrinsically fascinating styles of Elizabethan poetry: lyric, Metaphysical and Cavalier poets and verse satirists.