Abstract
[Autom. eng. transl.] Shelagh Delaney was one of the protagonists of the new wave that overwhelmed and changed the English theater in the fifties. Alongside such personalities as Osborne, Wesker and Pinter there was also this dramatist of only nineteen years who with her debut work challenged prejudices, and revealed hypocrisies and contradictions, of a class society and too smug. Written in an ironic, contemporary and realistic language, A Taste of Honey (1958) was perhaps the most innovative, certainly the most courageous, among the dramas of emerging authors, bringing to attention themes considered taboo in the theater of the time, such as the interracial love, homosexuality, the harsh living conditions of the working class. A genuine teenage wonder in the short term of maximum popularity, Delaney would have quickly disappeared from the limelight after the poor success of his second drama. Since then the author has been almost forgotten, even if her work has continued to influence British culture more or less directly: from the drama and novel of the season of the kitchen sink realism, to the feminist dramaturgy of the seventies, to the cinema of denunciation of the eighties and nineties. This volume proposes a reading of A Taste of Honey in its historical, social and cultural context, in order to provide the tools to appreciate the work and understand its relevance in the history of English literature.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Shelagh takes a bow. "A Taste of Honey" and its context |
|---|---|
| Original language | Italian |
| Publisher | Vita e Pensiero Pubblic University:Largo Gemelli 1, I 20123 Milan Italy:011 39 02 72342310, 011 39 2 72342370, EMAIL: [email protected], Fax: 011 39 02 72342974 |
| Number of pages | 143 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-88-343-3263-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- A Taste of Honey
- Shelagh Delaney
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