Tom Stoppard in Context

David Kornhaber is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Theatre & Knowledge (2019) and The Birth of Theater from the Spirit of Philosophy: Nietzsche and the Modern Drama (2016). He is, with Lawrence Switzky, the editor of the journal Modern Drama. James N. Loehlin is Shakespeare at Winedale Regents Professor of English at the University of Texas, Austin. His publications include Doctor Faustus (2015), The Cambridge Introduction to Chekhov (Cambridge, 2012), Henry IV (2008), Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard (Cambridge, 2010), Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge, 2002), and Henry V (1996).

Part I. Origins: 1. Name, Family, and Identity William Baker; 2. Czechoslovakia Tomáš Kačer; 3. Singapore and India Daniel Jernigan; 4. England Claire Cochrane; Part II. Influences: 5. William Shakespeare James N. Loehlin; 6. Russian Literature and Culture Ira Nadel; 7. Oscar Wilde Benedict Alexander Feldman; 8. Samuel Beckett Kersti Powell; 9. Václav Havel Michael Žantovský; Part III. Ideas: 10. Philosophy David Kornhaber; 11. Science William Demastes; 12. Mathematics Liliane Campos; 13. History and Biography Martin Middeke; 14. Love and Sexuality Roberta Barker; Part IV. Aesthetics: 15. Art and Aesthetics John Fleming; 16. Classicism and Romanticism Mike Vanden Heuvel; 17. Modernism and the Avant-Garde Jonathan Goldman; 18. Music Irene Morra; Part V. Politics: 19. Ideology John Bull; 20. Communism Ramona Mosse; 21. The Cold War John Elsom; 22. Human Rights and Censorship Mark Hurst; 23. Empire, Colonialism, and Post-Colonialism Nandi Bhatia; Part VI. Page, Stage, and Screen: 24. Postwar British Theatre Dan Rebellato; 25. Acting in Stoppard Samuel West; 26. Adaptations R. Darren Gobert; 27. Journalism and Criticism Mark Lawson; 28. Prose Writings Neil Sammells; 29. Radio and Television Jamie Jesson; 30. Screenwriting Brice Ezell and Rachel Joseph; 31. Stoppard's Archives Eric Colleary.