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The poetics of plot : the case of English Renaissance drama / Thomas G. Pavel ; foreword by Wlad Godzich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pavel, Thomas G., 1941-
- Series:
- Theory and history of literature ; v. 18.
- Theory and history of literature ; v. 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
- English drama (Tragedy).
- English drama--17th century--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.
- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.).
- Poetics--History--16th century.
- Poetics.
- Poetics--History--17th century.
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1985.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A unique methodology for plot analysis focusing on an important body of English Renaissance dramas.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Plot-Grammar: Marlowe's Tamburlaine I; Chapter Three: Semantic Considerations: Narrative Domains; Chapter Four: Marlowe-An Exercise in Inconstancy; Chapter Five: Two Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy and Arden of Feversham; Chapter Six: King Lear; Chapter Seven: Move-Grammars and Styles of Plot; Appendix: A Few Considerations on the Formalism of Move-Grammars; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8215-1
- OCLC:
- 171126469
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