“It’s wanting to know that makes us matter”: Epistemological and Dramatic Issues in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia

Based off an interview with the playwright, this article examines the scientific sources and artistic inspirations that influenced Stoppard’s creation and crafting of Arcadia. In probing the play’s structure, characters, and intellectual conceits, it also places Arcadia within Stoppard’s oeuvre, arg...

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Main Author: John Fleming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès 2013-11-01
Series:Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/5551