Elegy, Mythology and the Sublime in Michael Cook's Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust
Michael Cook, one of Canada's most admired playwrights, died in St John's, Newfoundland on July 2, 1994, at the age of 61. This essay, which was written before his death, analyses the poetics of his work in reference to one of his earliest plays. While the political stance of the play is i...
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ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/7201 2023-05-15T17:21:17+02:00 Elegy, Mythology and the Sublime in Michael Cook's Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust Walker, Craig Stewart 1994-06-01 text/html https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/7201 eng eng Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/7201/8260 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/7201 Copyright (c) 2015 Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada; Volume 15 Number 2 / Fall 1994 1913-9101 1196-1198 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1994 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:50:41Z Michael Cook, one of Canada's most admired playwrights, died in St John's, Newfoundland on July 2, 1994, at the age of 61. This essay, which was written before his death, analyses the poetics of his work in reference to one of his earliest plays. While the political stance of the play is indeterminate, Cook's reimagination of Newfoundland in terms of pastoral elegy, mythology and the romantic sublime creates a compelling vision of the struggle to make something coherent out of the fragmented experience of modernity. Michael Cook, un des dramaturges les plus appréciés au Canada, est mort à St. John's, Terre-Neuve, le 2 juillet 1994, à l'âge de 61 ans. Cet essai, écrit avant sa mort, analyse la poétique de son oeuvre à partir d'une de ces premières pièces. Bien que les positions politiques de la pièce soient indéterminées, Cook réinvente ici Terre-Neuve dans le sens de l'élégie pastorale, de la mythologie et du sublime romantique, ce qui contribue à créer une vision fascinante de la lutte pour rendre cohérente l'expérience fragmentaire de la modernité. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Terre-Neuve University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals Canada |
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Michael Cook, one of Canada's most admired playwrights, died in St John's, Newfoundland on July 2, 1994, at the age of 61. This essay, which was written before his death, analyses the poetics of his work in reference to one of his earliest plays. While the political stance of the play is indeterminate, Cook's reimagination of Newfoundland in terms of pastoral elegy, mythology and the romantic sublime creates a compelling vision of the struggle to make something coherent out of the fragmented experience of modernity. Michael Cook, un des dramaturges les plus appréciés au Canada, est mort à St. John's, Terre-Neuve, le 2 juillet 1994, à l'âge de 61 ans. Cet essai, écrit avant sa mort, analyse la poétique de son oeuvre à partir d'une de ces premières pièces. Bien que les positions politiques de la pièce soient indéterminées, Cook réinvente ici Terre-Neuve dans le sens de l'élégie pastorale, de la mythologie et du sublime romantique, ce qui contribue à créer une vision fascinante de la lutte pour rendre cohérente l'expérience fragmentaire de la modernité. |
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Elegy, Mythology and the Sublime in Michael Cook's Colour the Flesh the Colour of Dust |
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