Jumpers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Stoppard
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Play of ideas
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Farce, Parody, Mystery and detective drama
- Subjects: 1970’s, Philosophy or philosophers, Murder or homicide, Future, God, College life, England or English people, Mysteries, Idealism, Acrobatics or acrobats
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
George Moore, a professor of moral philosophy (ethics) at a British university. In a department dominated by logical positivism and linguistic analysis, George, though only in his forties, is an anachronism. This circumstance is emphasized by the fact that he bears the name of a famous philosopher of the early twentieth century, G. E. Moore. George is in many respects a caricature of the abstract thinker, deeply absorbed in conceptual hair-splitting and blind to what is going on under his nose. At the core of his ramblings, there is a worthy defense of...
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