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The Pleasure of the Play / Bert O. States.
De Gruyter Cornell University Press eBook Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
De Gruyter Cornell University Press eBook Package Archive Pre-2000- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- States, Bert O., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Performing Arts & Drama.
- Local Subjects:
- Performing Arts & Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.) : 6 drawings
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This witty, informed, and concise introduction to the principles of drama helps us to experience the pleasure of plays from Oedipus Rex to Endgame. Never losing sight of the interaction between play and spectator, Bert O. States provides a spirited view of works by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, Pinter, Brecht, Beckett, Stoppard, Churchill, and many others.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Mimesis and Pleasure
- 2. The Actor as Musical Instrument
- 3. The Poetics as Ur-Text
- 4. Plot and Action
- 5. The Unity in Time
- 6. Peripety and Recognition
- 7. The Real Inspector Oedipus
- 8. Character
- 9. The Anatomy of Dramatic Character
- 10. Thought as Ventriloquism
- 11. Tragedy Today
- 12. The Pleasure of Pain
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-3789-9
- OCLC:
- 1143843392
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