Modern Verse Drama The Critical Idiom Reissued Series
Auteur : Hinchliffe Arnold P.
First published in 1977, this book provides a clear and well-illustrated analysis of modern verse drama. It studies the work of its chief exponents, T. S. Eliot and Christopher Fry, as well as the genre?s place in the development of modern theatre. It particular focuses on the effect that verse drama has had on an audience?s awareness of language in the theatre, paving the way for dramatists like Pinter, Beckett and Wesker.
This book will be of particular interest to those studying modern poetry and drama.
General Editor’s Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Modern Verse Drama 2. Poets in the Theatre 3. Religious Verse Drama 4. T. S. Eliot 5. Christopher Fry 6. Poets of the Theatre 7. Poetic Drama; Bibliography; Index
Date de parution : 07-2017
12.9x19.8 cm
Date de parution : 01-2019
12.9x19.8 cm
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Mots-clés :
Verse Drama; Modern Verse Drama; rupert; Holds; doone; Young Man; murder; Rupert Doone; cathedral; Poetic Drama; william; Coterie Theatre; archer; Christopher Fry; worsley; Countess; dramatists; Commercial Theatre; denis; Birthday; donoghue; Fugitive; Eliot's plays; Odd; language of the audience; Verse Line; Fry's plays; Verse; Act III; Confidential Clerk; CEMA; Good Life; Eliot’s Plays; Spiritual Portentousness; Absurd Drama; Francis Steegmuller; Ellida