The Romantic and Realistic in the Contemporary British and American Drama
Author : Saul Bassinov
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 1935
Category : American drama
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Author : Saul Bassinov
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,43 MB
Release : 1935
Category : American drama
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Author : Korbinian Stöckl
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 50,31 MB
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3110714760
Despite the recent turn to affects and emotions in the humanities and despite the unceasing popularity of romantic and erotic love as a motif in fictional works of all genres, the subject has received surprisingly little attention in academic studies of contemporary drama. Love in Contemporary British Drama reflects the appeal of love as a topic and driving force in dramatic works with in-depth analyses of eight pivotal plays from the past three decades. Following an interdisciplinary and historical approach, the study collects and condenses theories of love from philosophy and sociology to derive persisting discourses and to examine their reoccurrence and transformation in contemporary plays. Special emphasis is put on narratives of love’s compensatory function and precariousness and on how modifications of these narratives epitomise the peculiarities of emotional life in the social and cultural context of the present. Based on the assumption that drama is especially inclined to draw on shared narratives for representations of love, the book demonstrates that love is both a window to remnants of the past in the present and a proper subject matter for drama in times in which the suitability of the dramatic form has been questioned.
Author : Barrett H Clark
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781022677524
Barrett H. Clark provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary British and American drama in this informative volume. The book includes detailed discussions of the works of leading playwrights such as George Bernard Shaw, Eugene O'Neill, and Tennessee Williams, as well as lesser-known writers and emerging talents. Clark's book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and development of modern theater. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Barrett H. Clark
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 1921
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Author : J. L. Styan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521296281
This 1981 volume begins with the French revolt against naturalism in theatre and then covers the European realist movement.
Author : Robert L. Caserio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 46,53 MB
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316175103
The Cambridge History of the English Novel chronicles an ever-changing and developing body of fiction across three centuries. An interwoven narrative of the novel's progress unfolds in more than fifty chapters, charting continuities and innovations of structure, tracing lines of influence in terms of themes and techniques, and showing how greater and lesser authors shape the genre. Pushing beyond the usual period-centered boundaries, the History's emphasis on form reveals the range and depth the novel has achieved in English. This book will be indispensable for research libraries and scholars, but is accessibly written for students. Authoritative, bold and clear, the History raises multiple useful questions for future visions of the invention and re-invention of the novel.
Author : University of Alabama
Publisher :
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Universities and colleges
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Author : Boston University
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 1943
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Author : John Gassner
Publisher :
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Drama
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Author : Barrett Harper Clark
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,79 MB
Release : 1915
Category : American drama
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