The idea of a theater : a study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective /

The idea of a theater : a study of ten plays : the art of drama in changing perspective /

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An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays-Oedipus Rex, Bérénice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral-the author shows how all playwr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fergusson, Francis (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1968, ©1949]
Princeton, NJ : [2015]
Series:Princeton legacy library ; 1897
Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Drama > History and criticism
Drama
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc > UNAUTHORIZED
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Dictionaries
Table of Contents:
  • Part I; Part II; Part III
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
  • INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
  • CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION
  • CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON
  • CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION
  • CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION
  • PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
  • INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
  • CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM
  • CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO
  • CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER
  • P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
  • APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
  • Backmatter

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