Book contents
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Frontispiece
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Chapter 1 Name, Family, and Identity
- Chapter 2 Czechoslovakia
- Chapter 3 Singapore and India
- Chapter 4 England
- Part II Influences
- Part III Ideas
- Part IV Aesthetics
- Part V Politics
- Part VI Page, Stage, and Screen
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 1 - Name, Family, and Identity
from Part I - Origins
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2021
Book contents
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Frontispiece
- Tom Stoppard in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Chapter 1 Name, Family, and Identity
- Chapter 2 Czechoslovakia
- Chapter 3 Singapore and India
- Chapter 4 England
- Part II Influences
- Part III Ideas
- Part IV Aesthetics
- Part V Politics
- Part VI Page, Stage, and Screen
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Tom Stoppard’s childhood in Czechoslovakia, his Jewish family’s flight from the Nazis to Singapore, and his eventual assumption of a new English identity after his mother’s remarriage all had an impact on his work, in which questions of name and identity are often important.
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- Tom Stoppard in Context , pp. 3 - 9Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021