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Aug 30, 2020 · In The Tragedy of Arthur one of the voices belongs to “Arthur Phillips,” who also narrates; he’s a fictional creation, the son of the man who, so believes “Arthur,” has forged the manuscript. We learn a lot about “Arthur’s” life—and about why he has come to believe this about his father.
Apr 25, 2011 · The novel’s real fun comes in the play’s introduction, in which Phillips casts himself as a reluctant and self-deprecating memoirist exploring his relationships with his father and his...
Apr 19, 2011 · Arthur is raised in an enchanted world of smoke and mirrors where the only unshifting truth is his father’s and his beloved twin sister’s deep and abiding love for the works of William Shakespeare—a love so pervasive that Arthur becomes a writer in a misguided bid for their approval and affection.
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Dec 28, 2014 · As mentioned above, however, Phillip’s father, is an unabashed and unapologetic forger and spent their childhood in and out of prison due to his misdeeds. Phillip has grown up on being given various forgeries by his father and understandably has doubts about about the authenticity of this document.
Apr 28, 2011 · Having spent his life struggling to keep himself from being corrupted by his father’s schemes, Phillips is using the introduction to assert his moral integrity by exposing the...
Aug 31, 2013 · A search for identity is at the core of The Tragedy of Arthur, an innovative work from the American writer Arthur Phillips that blurs the lines of fiction, drama, memoir and literary...
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Arthur is raised in an enchanted world of smoke and mirrors where the only unshifting truth is his father's and his beloved twin sister's deep and abiding love for the works of William Shakespeare - a love so pervasive that Arthur becomes a writer in a misguided bid for their approval and affection.
