Author : Marvin A. Carlson
Publisher : Ithaca : Cornell University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
**** Expanded edition of the work originally published by Cornell U. Press in 1984 and endorsed by BCL3. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Joseph Rosenblum
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2015
Category : English drama
ISBN : 9781619258648
Examines all 39 of the most influential plays by Shakespeare, with an in-depth examination of each play's historical significance, literary technique, and contemporary alignment. The plays of William Shakespeare, from tragedies such as Hamlet to comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, have endured since their first productions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. A vital part of high school and college literature curricula today, these plays continue to educate and entertain, showing students - as well as the general populace - themes of humanity that have persevered throughout the ages, such as romantic love, greed, power, revenge, forgiveness, and many more. Written by leading experts in the field of Shakespearean studies, Critical Survey of Shakespeare's Plays closely examines all 39 of Shakespeare's plays, as well as Shakespeare's life, style, technique, and influences. This title begins with a biography of Shakespeare and an introduction to his plays as a whole, followed by close readings of individual plays. Each essay is devoted to a single work and provides an in-depth critical analysis of the play's historical significance, literary/dramatic techniques, and meaning to a contemporary audience. An abstract, explanation of context, and lists of keywords, works cited, and recommended books for further study also enhance each essay. The second half of the book focuses on various critical readings, analyzing Shakespeare's form, technique, and syntax, as well as main themes, motifs, and related topics. Also included are other resources useful to studying Shakespeare's plays, including a guide to free online sources and more literary criticism, a bibliography, a list of contributors, and a complete index. The essays in this single volume compile the essentials for any person interested in Shakespeare, whether a student approaching his works for the first time or a habitual theatergoer about to witness a new production of one of the plays. This title is a set of essays that record the history of Shakespeare the man, the dramatist, and the poet, and analyze each work attributed to his pen. With so much comprehensive analysis of Shakespeare's life and works, Critical Survey of Shakespeare's Plays is a must-have resource for high school and undergraduate literature departments, as well as public libraries who wish to support their literature collections.
Author : Frank Northen Magill
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 1985
Category : American drama
ISBN :
This comprehensive study of dramatists, playwrights, historical development and genres contains individual articles on 198 dramatists in the first five volumes. Information for each dramatist includes: a listing of the dramatist's plays, with dates of first release, a survey of publications in literary forms other than drama, a critical survey of the writer's professional achievements, a biographical sketch centered on the writer's dramatic development and a critical analysis of the subject's canon, and a bibliography of criticism on the works of the dramatist. Volume 6 contains 24 essays covering dramatic genres, medieval drama, British drama, American drama, Afro-American, Australian and Irish drama, musical drama, experimental theater, television drama and acting styles. ISBN 0-89356-375-7 : $330.00 (For use only in the library).
Author : Steven G. Kellman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 2016
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781682171295
The new edition of Critical Survey of American Literature, previously published as Magill's Survey of American Literature in 2006, offers detailed profiles of major American authors of fiction, drama, and poetry, each with sections on biography, general analysis, and analysis of the author's most important works.
Author : Janelle G. Reinelt
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Theater
ISBN : 9780472068869
Updated and enlarged, this groundbreaking collection surveys the major critical currents and approaches in drama, theater, and performance
Author : Frank Northen Magill
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 1986
Category : American drama
ISBN :
Critical essays examine representative plays and identify themes and characteristics employed by more than 170 dramatists ranging from Aeschylus in 400 B.C. to the contemporary Austrian Peter Handke.
Author : Donald Rayfield
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,1 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780299163143
Of all Russian writers, Chekhov is one of the best liked and most easily appreciated. Yet because his work is subtle and understated, we need help to understand him. Chekhov can be (as his friends complained) the most elusive of writers, and one who appears capable of having two opposite views and opposite intentions simultaneously. Donald Rayfield, one of the world's foremost Chekhov scholars, reveals the layers of meaning on which the stories and plays are built. All Chekhov's important works are studied: we see how closely the two genres are connected and gain insight into Chekhov's rapid development over his brief twenty years of creative life, from medical student supplementing his income by writing comic stories, to father of twentieth-century drama and narrative prose.
Author : Carl Edmund Rollyson
Publisher :
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 25,75 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Combines, updates, and expands two earlier Salem Press reference sets: Critical survey of drama, Rev. ed., English language series, published in 1994, and Critical survey of drama, Foreign language series, published in 1986. This new 8 vol. set contains 602 essays, of which 538 discuss individual dramatists and 64 cover broad overview topics. The dramatist profiles contain more than 310 photographs and drawings.
Author : Agnieszka Kotlinska-Toma
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1472524896
Ancient Greek tragedy is ubiquitously studied and researched, but is generally considered to have ended, as it began, in the fifth century BC. However, plays continued to be written and staged in the Greek world for centuries, enjoying a period of unprecedented popularity and changing significantly from the better known Classical drama. Hellenistic drama also heavily influenced the birth of Roman tragedy and the development of other theatrical forms and literature (including comedies, mime and Greek romance). Hellenistic Tragedy: Texts, Translations and a Critical Survey offers a comprehensive picture of tragedy and the satyr play from the fourth century BCE. The surviving fragments of this dramatic genre are presented, alongside English translations and critical analysis, as well as a survey of the main writers involved and an exploration of the genre's formation, later influence and staging. Key features of the plays are analysed through extant texts and other evidence, including plots based on contemporary political themes, mythical subjects and Biblical themes, and features of metre and language. Practical elements of Hellenistic performance are also discussed, including those which have become the hallmarks of ancient theatre: actors' costumes of long robes, kothurnoi and high onkos-masks, the theatre building and the closed stage on the logeion. Piecing together a synthetic picture of Hellenistic tragedy and the satyr play, the volume also examines the key points of departure from earlier drama, including the mass audience, the mutual influence of Greek and Eastern traditions and the changes inside the genre which prove Hellenistic drama was an important stage in the development of the European theatre.
Author : Amy Pattee
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 9781619259713
Provides thoughtful examination of the authors, works, genres, themes and film adaptations that have contributed to the popularity and success of the young adult genre.
