{"product_id":"9781350057067","title":"George Farquhar A Migrant Life Reversed","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCultural Histories of Theatre and Performance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGeorge Farquhar\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Migrant Life Reversed\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Roberts | Claire Cochrane | Anita Gonzalez\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Farquhar (1677–1707) is one of the most successful and enduringly popular Restoration playwrights. His two masterpieces\u003ci\u003e, The Recruiting Officer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Beaux' Stratagem\u003c\/i\u003e, are still regularly performed today. Yet aspects of Farquhar's biography, and in particular his Irish roots and family life, have remained obscure. This is the first study to treat Farquhar's works as documents of migration and the fragmented identity that resulted. Told in reverse chronological order, beginning with Farquhar's last and best-known works, it reveals previously undiscovered material about his life and connections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Londonderry, Farquhar arrived in London at the end of the 1690s but struggled throughout his life to find acceptance in the English literary culture. David Roberts explores how Farquhar used comedy to negotiate his Anglo-Irish Protestant identity while perpetually being treated as an outsider.  \u003ci\u003eGeorge Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed\u003c\/i\u003e challenges traditional critical thinking on historiographic approaches to scholarly biography and offers a complex but highly readable account of the interpenetrating pasts, presents and futures of the migrant writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDavid Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Arts and Media at Birmingham City University, UK. Recent books include \u003ci\u003eThomas Betterton \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Library of a Seventeenth-Century Actor \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), \u003ci\u003eRestoration Plays and Players \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), and \u003ci\u003eGames for English Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2016), co-authored with Izabela Hopkins. Articles in major journals including \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Quarterly, ELH, New Theatre Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement. \u003c\/i\u003eMy biography of Betterton was shortlisted for the American Library Association Theatre Book Prize and longlisted for the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 July 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350057067\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332519657612,"sku":"9781350057067","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_45e8527d-2118-490b-95fe-47085afc87a8.jpg?v=1783603771","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350057067","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}