Drama Between Poetry and Performance |
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| Author:
| Worthen, W. B. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4443-2668-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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An engaging book spanning the fields of drama, literary criticism, genre, and performance studies,
Drama: Between Poetry and Performance teaches students how to read drama by exploring the threshold between text and performance.
- Draws on examples from major playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks
- Explores the critical terms and controversies that animate the performance and study of drama, such as the status of language, the function of...
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An engaging book spanning the fields of drama, literary criticism, genre, and performance studies,
Drama: Between Poetry and Performance teaches students how to read drama by exploring the threshold between text and performance.
- Draws on examples from major playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks
- Explores the critical terms and controversies that animate the performance and study of drama, such as the status of language, the function of character and plot, and uses of writing
- Engages in a theoretical, disciplinary, and cultural repositioning of drama, by exploring and contesting its position at the threshold between text and performance