A History Of Modern Drama Volume I

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118893272

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A History of Modern Drama, Volume II by David Krasner Pdf

A History of Modern Drama: Volume II explores a remarkable breadth of topics and analytical approaches to the dramatic works, authors, and transitional events and movements that shaped world drama from 1960 through to the dawn of the new millennium. Features detailed analyses of plays and playwrights, examining the influence of a wide range of writers, from mainstream icons such as Harold Pinter and Edward Albee, to more unorthodox works by Peter Weiss and Sarah Kane Provides global coverage of both English and non-English dramas – including works from Africa and Asia to the Middle East Considers the influence of art, music, literature, architecture, society, politics, culture, and philosophy on the formation of postmodern dramatic literature Combines wide-ranging topics with original theories, international perspective, and philosophical and cultural context Completes a comprehensive two-part work examining modern world drama, and alongside A History of Modern Drama: Volume I, offers readers complete coverage of a full century in the evolution of global dramatic literature.

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405157577

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A History of Modern Drama, Volume I by David Krasner Pdf

Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama. Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and offering original interpretations Includes coverage of non-English works and traditions to create a global view of modern drama Considers the influence of modernism in art, music, literature, architecture, society, and politics on the formation of modern dramatic literature Takes an interpretative and analytical approach to modern dramatic texts rather than focusing on production history Includes coverage of the ways in which staging practices, design concepts, and acting styles informed the construction of the dramas

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1405157585

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A History of Modern Drama, Volume II by David Krasner Pdf

A History of Modern Drama: Volume II explores a remarkable breadth of topics and analytical approaches to the dramatic works, authors, and transitional events and movements that shaped world drama from 1960 through to the dawn of the new millennium. Features detailed analyses of plays and playwrights, examining the influence of a wide range of writers, from mainstream icons such as Harold Pinter and Edward Albee, to more unorthodox works by Peter Weiss and Sarah Kane Provides global coverage of both English and non-English dramas – including works from Africa and Asia to the Middle East Considers the influence of art, music, literature, architecture, society, politics, culture, and philosophy on the formation of postmodern dramatic literature Combines wide-ranging topics with original theories, international perspective, and philosophical and cultural context Completes a comprehensive two-part work examining modern world drama, and alongside A History of Modern Drama: Volume I, offers readers complete coverage of a full century in the evolution of global dramatic literature.

Author : David Krasner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405157582

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A History of Modern Drama, Volume II by David Krasner Pdf

A History of Modern Drama: Volume II explores a remarkable breadth of topics and analytical approaches to the dramatic works, authors, and transitional events and movements that shaped world drama from 1960 through to the dawn of the new millennium. Features detailed analyses of plays and playwrights, examining the influence of a wide range of writers, from mainstream icons such as Harold Pinter and Edward Albee, to more unorthodox works by Peter Weiss and Sarah Kane Provides global coverage of both English and non-English dramas – including works from Africa and Asia to the Middle East Considers the influence of art, music, literature, architecture, society, politics, culture, and philosophy on the formation of postmodern dramatic literature Combines wide-ranging topics with original theories, international perspective, and philosophical and cultural context Completes a comprehensive two-part work examining modern world drama, and alongside A History of Modern Drama: Volume I, offers readers complete coverage of a full century in the evolution of global dramatic literature.

Author : O. B. Hardison Jr.
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421430874

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Christian Rite and Christian Drama in the Middle Ages by O. B. Hardison Jr. Pdf

Originally published in 1965. The European dramatic tradition rests on a group of religious dramas that appeared between the tenth and twelfth centuries. These dramas, of interest in themselves, are also important for the light they shed on three historical and critical problems: the relation of drama to ritual, the nature of dramatic form, and the development of representational techniques. Hardison's approach is based on the history of the Christian liturgy, on critical theories concerning the kinship of ritual and drama, and on close analysis of the chronology and content of the texts themselves. Beginning with liturgical commentaries of the ninth century, Hardison shows that writers of the period consciously interpreted the Mass and cycle of the church year in dramatic terms. By reconstructing the services themselves, he shows that they had an emphatic dramatic structure that reached its climax with the celebration of the Resurrection. Turning to the history of the Latin Resurrection play, Hardison suggests that the famous Quem quaeritis—the earliest of all medieval dramas—is best understood in relation to the baptismal rites of the Easter Vigil service. He sets forth a theory of the original form and function of the play based on the content of the earliest manuscripts as well as on vestigial ceremonial elements that survive in the later ones. Three texts from the eleventh and twelfth centuries are analyzed with emphasis on the change from ritual to representational modes. Hardison discusses why the form inherited from ritual remained unchanged, while the technique became increasingly representational. In studying the earliest vernacular dramas, Hardison examines the use of nonritual materials as sources of dramatic form, the influence of representational concepts of space and time on staging, and the development of nonceremonial techniques for composition of dialogue. The sudden appearance of these elements in vernacular drama suggests the existence of a hitherto unsuspected vernacular tradition considerably older than the earliest surviving vernacular plays.

Author : Una Chaudhuri
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0472065890

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Staging Place by Una Chaudhuri Pdf

The first book-length study of the notion of place and its implications in modern drama

Author : Gabrielle H. Cody,Evert Sprinchorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015064951430

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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama by Gabrielle H. Cody,Evert Sprinchorn Pdf

"The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama covers the period from 1860 to the present. ... The distinctive feature of this encyclopedia is the emphasis it places on the cultural context of dramatic works and their authors."--Preface.

Author : Richard Gilman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300079028

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The Making of Modern Drama by Richard Gilman Pdf

This critical exploration of modern drama begins with Büchner and Ibsen and then discusses the major playwrights who have shaped modern theater. A new introduction by the author assesses developments of recent years.

Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521296285

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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 1, Realism and Naturalism by J. L. Styan Pdf

This 1981 volume begins with the French revolt against naturalism in theatre and then covers the European realist movement.

Author : Kirsten Shepherd-Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780199658770

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Modern Drama by Kirsten Shepherd-Barr Pdf

This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama 'modern'.

Author : Julie Sanders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107013568

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The Cambridge Introduction to Early Modern Drama, 1576-1642 by Julie Sanders Pdf

A stimulating introduction to the drama of the early modern era, through a focus on commercial playhouses and their repertoires.

Author : Joseph Wood Krutch
Publisher : New York : Russell & Russell, 1962 [c1953]
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015005165348

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"Modernism" in Modern Drama by Joseph Wood Krutch Pdf

Author : Barrett Harper Clark,George Freedley
Publisher : New York : D. Appleton-Century Company
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005706184

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A History of Modern Drama by Barrett Harper Clark,George Freedley Pdf

Traces the growth and development of modern drama in Europe and the Americas from the rise of Ibsen to the present.

Author : Jeremy Lopez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107030572

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Constructing the Canon of Early Modern Drama by Jeremy Lopez Pdf

Through short, provocative readings of unfamiliar plays, this book provides the first ever history of the canon of Renaissance drama.

Author : Peter Szondi
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0745603882

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Theory of the Modern Drama by Peter Szondi Pdf

This book is a brilliant analysis of the emergence and development of modern drama from the Renaissance to the present day. This concise but wide-ranging book discusses the work of Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Satre, Brecht and Wilder, among others.