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Travesties Study Guide

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by Tom Stoppard
About 90 pages (26,840 words)
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Travesties Study Guide consists of approx. 89 pages of summaries and analysis on Travesties by Tom Stoppard. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

Travesties represents fantasy, history, and tribute to a great play - The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde. Set within the memories of a diplomat stationed in Switzerland during World War I, the play utilizes historically documented relationships between the Russian political theorist, Vladimir Illych Lenin, the Irish novelist, James Joyce, and the Dadaist philosopher, Tristan Tzara. They are the basis for a highly theatrical and comically complex tale of miscommunication, romance, and intellectual confrontation. (read more)
      Act 1, Part 1
      Act 1, Part 2
      Act 1, Part 3
      Act 1, Part 4
      Act 2, Part 1
      Act 2, Part 2
      Act 2, Part 3

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1
      Critical Essay #2
      Critical Essay #3
      Critical Essay #4

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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    Carol Billman
    SOURCE: "The Art of History in Tom Stoppard's Travesties," in Kansas Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4, Fall... more

    Critical Essay by Craig Werner
    [While] Tom Stoppard's Travesties focuses quite clearly on The Importance of Being Earnest, it may, ... more


     
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