The Whittrick Play of No Nothing: Alan Spence, Edwin Morgan, and Indra’s Net

Kocot, Monika

dc.contributor.author	Kocot, Monika	en
dc.date.accessioned	2019-01-22T11:35:20Z
dc.date.available	2019-01-22T11:35:20Z
dc.date.issued	2018-10-29	en
dc.identifier.issn	2083–2931	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/26593
dc.description.abstract	The article will attempt a reading of Alan Spence’s play No Nothing (2015). Special attention will be given to the issue of literal and metaphorical space(s), a peculiar, liminal setting of the play, and the ways it determines the flyting between the two characters, two iconic Glaswegians: Edwin Morgan and Jimmy Reid. It seems that in this theatrical space history, politics and poetry inter-are. We may notice how two completely different masters of speech (a poet and a trade union leader) exchange their views on life, how they reflect upon the meaning of their achievements, and how they find a space of convergence in their affirmation of life. As their flyting is “about life, the Universe and everything—from Glasgow to Infinity and beyond,” the article will also address the space of dialogue between Spence’s and Morgan’s poetry. The metaphor of Indra’s net will serve as a useful tool in exploring spatial dimensions of the play and the issue of interconnectedness.	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Text Matters;8	en
dc.rights	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0	en
dc.subject	Alan Spence	en
dc.subject	Edwin Morgan	en
dc.subject	dialogicality	en
dc.subject	trickster play	en
dc.subject	Indra’s net	en
dc.title	The Whittrick Play of No Nothing: Alan Spence, Edwin Morgan, and Indra’s Net	en
dc.page.number	189-211	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	University of Łódź	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2084–574X
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	monika.kocot@uni.lodz.pl	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1515/texmat-2018-0012	en

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