{"product_id":"collected-plays-book-luigi-pirandello-9780714541105","title":"Collected Plays","description":"Th e troubled reign of a fourteenth-century sultan of Delhi helps dramatize\u003cbr\u003ethe crisis of secular nationhood in post-Independence India. A twelft hcentury\u003cbr\u003efolktale about 'transposed heads' off ers a path-breaking model for\u003cbr\u003ea quintessentially 'Indian' theatre in postcolonial times. The folktale about\u003cbr\u003ea woman with a snake lover explores gender relations within marriage.\u003cbr\u003eIndividual human sexuality meets the historical debate on violence in Indian\u003cbr\u003eculture. The plays in this volume span roughly the fi rst half of the career of\u003cbr\u003eGirish Karnad, one of India's pre-eminent playwrights.\u003cbr\u003eTh e three-volume set of Karnad's Collected Plays brings together English\u003cbr\u003eversions of his important works. Each volume contains an extensive\u003cbr\u003eintroduction by theatre scholar Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker, Professor\u003cbr\u003eof English and Interdisciplinary Th eatre Studies, University of Wisconsin, \u003cbr\u003eMadison. Th e introductions trace the literary and theatrical evolution of\u003cbr\u003eKarnad's work over six decades and position it in the larger context of\u003cbr\u003emodern Indian drama. In addition, they comment on Karnad's place as author\u003cbr\u003eand translator in a multilingual performance culture and the relation of his\u003cbr\u003eplaywriting to his work in the popular media.\u003cbr\u003eEach of these volumes serves as a collector's item, making Karnad's works\u003cbr\u003eaccessible to theatre lovers worldwide","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49577230303505,"sku":"GOR001298191","price":4.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50271859310865,"sku":"GOR003227933","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50588139356433,"sku":"CIN0714541109VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50659208069393,"sku":"CIN0714541109G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0714541109.jpg?v=1750743522","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/collected-plays-book-luigi-pirandello-9780714541105","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}