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It appears that the lives of the British Romantics and the myths surrounding them have a special appeal for contemporary writers.The present volume sets out to explore this renewed interest in Romantic artist-figures in the context of the current renaissance of 'life-writing'. The essays collected here deal with Romantic 'biofictions' by such authors as Peter Ackroyd, Adrian Mitchell, Ann Jellicoe, Liz Lochhead, Judith Chernaik, Amanda Prantera, Robert Nye, Tom Stoppard, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, and others. Thomas Chatterton, William Blake, James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Polidori, John Clare, and -- most prominently -- Lord Byron feature as the 'biographical subjects' in the works discussed.

English literature --- Poets in literature. --- Biographical fiction, English --- Romanticism --- Biography in literature. --- Authors in literature. --- Historical drama, English --- Authorship in literature. --- Artists in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Byron, George Gordon Byron, --- In literature. --- Artists in literature --- Authorship in literature --- Authors in literature --- Biography in literature --- Poets in literature --- English biographical fiction --- English fiction --- History and criticism --- Baĭron, Dzhordzh Gordon, --- Baĭron, G., --- Baĭron, Jorj, --- Bairon, --- Bajron, Džordž Gordon, --- Bajron, --- Bajroni, Xhorxh, --- Bayrěn, --- Bayron, --- Bayron, Tzōrtz Gkorton Bayron, --- Bayrūn, --- Byron, George Gordon Noël Byron, --- Byron, Jerzy Gordon, --- Byron, --- Gordon, George, --- Mpayron, Tzōrtz Nkorton Mpayron, --- Pai-lun, --- Payrěn, --- Vyrōn, --- בײראָן, לאָרד --- בירון --- בירון, לורד --- בירון, ג׳ורג׳ גורדון נואל, --- בירון, ג'ורג' גורדון בירון, --- בייראן --- בייראן, --- בייראן, לארד --- ביירון, לורד --- ביירון, --- In literature --- Byron, George Gordon Byron --- Baĭron, Dzhordzh Gordon --- Baĭron, G. --- Bajron, Džordž Gordon --- Bajroni, Xhorxh --- Bayron, Tzōrtz Gkorton Bayron --- Bayrūn --- Byron, George Gordon Noël Byron --- Byron, Jerzy Gordon --- Gordon, George --- Mpayron, Tzōrtz Nkorton Mpayron --- Pai-lun --- Payrěn --- Vyrōn --- Lord Byron --- Byron --- Byron, George Gordon Noël --- English literature - 20th century - History and criticism --- Biographical fiction, English - History and criticism --- Historical drama, English - History and criticism --- Romanticism - Great Britain --- Byron, George Gordon Byron, - Baron, - 1788-1824 - In literature --- Byron, George Gordon Byron, - Baron, - 1788-1824

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Drawing primarily on Judith Butler's, Jacques Derrida's, Emmanuel Levinas's and Jean-Luc Nancy's reflections on precariousness/precarity, the Self and the Other, ethical responsibility/obligation, forgiveness, hos(ti)pitality and community, the essays in this volume examine the various ways in which contemporary British drama and theatre engage with 'the precarious'. Crucially, what emerges from the discussion of a wide range of plays - including Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, Caryl Churchill's Here We Go, Martin Crimp's Fewer Emergencies and In the Republic of Happiness, Tim Crouch's The Author, Forced Entertainment's Tomorrow's Parties, David Greig's The American Pilot and The Events, Dennis Kelly's Love and Money, Mark Ravenhill's Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat, Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur, Robin Soans's Talking to Terrorists, Simon Stephens's Pornography, theTheatre Uncut project, debbie tucker green's dirty butterfly and Laura Wade's Posh - is the observation that contemporary (British) drama and theatre often realises its thematic and formal/structural potential to the full precisely by reflecting upon the category and the episteme of precariousness, and deliberately turning audience members into active participants in the process of negotiating ethical agency.

Drama --- Drama, Modern --- Dramas --- Dramatic works --- Plays --- Playscripts --- Stage --- Literature --- Dialogue --- History and criticism. --- Philosophy --- 2000-2099 --- Great Britain. --- Anglia --- Angliyah --- Briṭanyah --- England and Wales --- Förenade kungariket --- Grã-Bretanha --- Grande-Bretagne --- Grossbritannien --- Igirisu --- Iso-Britannia --- Marea Britanie --- Nagy-Britannia --- Prydain Fawr --- Royaume-Uni --- Saharātchaʻānāčhak --- Storbritannien --- United Kingdom --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Velikobritanii͡ --- Wielka Brytania --- Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta --- Northern Ireland --- Scotland --- Wales --- British drama/theatre, Twenty-first Century. --- precariousness, ethics.

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This book demonstrates that theory in literary and cultural studies has moved beyond overarching master theories towards a greater awareness of particularity and contingency - including its own. What is the place of literary and cultural theory after the Age of Theory has ended? Grouping its chapters into rubrics of metatheory, cultural theory, critical theory and textual theory, the collection demonstrates that the practice of "doing theory" has neither lost its vitality nor can it be in any way dispensable. Current directions covered include the renewed interest in phenomenology, the increased acknowledgement of the importance of media history for all cultural practices and formations, complexity studies, new narratology, literary ethics, cultural ecology, and an intensified interest in textual as well as cultural matter.

Philosophy --- Aesthetics --- Sociology of culture --- Didactics of the arts --- Linguistics --- Literature --- geletterdheid --- cultuur --- esthetica --- filosofie --- literatuur --- culturele antropologie --- Culture --- Aesthetics. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- Philosophy. --- Study and teaching.

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Drawing primarily on Judith Butler's, Jacques Derrida's, Emmanuel Levinas's and Jean-Luc Nancy's reflections on precariousness/precarity, the Self and the Other, ethical responsibility/obligation, forgiveness, hos(ti)pitality and community, the essays in this volume examine the various ways in which contemporary British drama and theatre engage with 'the precarious'. Crucially, what emerges from the discussion of a wide range of plays - including Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, Caryl Churchill's Here We Go, Martin Crimp's Fewer Emergencies and In the Republic of Happiness, Tim Crouch's The Author, Forced Entertainment's Tomorrow's Parties, David Greig's The American Pilot and The Events, Dennis Kelly's Love and Money, Mark Ravenhill's Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat, Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur, Robin Soans's Talking to Terrorists, Simon Stephens's Pornography, theTheatre Uncut project, debbie tucker green's dirty butterfly and Laura Wade's Posh - is the observation that contemporary (British) drama and theatre often realises its thematic and formal/structural potential to the full precisely by reflecting upon the category and the episteme of precariousness, and deliberately turning audience members into active participants in the process of negotiating ethical agency.

Literature --- Drama --- History and criticism. --- 2000-2099 --- Great Britain.

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