The third voice : modern British and American verse drama / by Denis Donoghue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donoghue, Denis, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Verse drama, English--History and criticism.

Verse drama, English.

Verse drama, American--History and criticism.

Verse drama, American.

English drama--20th century--History and criticism.

English drama.

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

American drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1959.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this stimulating survey of the entire field of modern English verse drama, William Butler Yeats and T.S. Eliot are regarded as the key figures. Shorter studies are included of Christopher Fry, E.E. Cummings, W.H. Auden, Archibald MacLeish, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Richard Eberhart.Differing from some contemporary critics, Mr. Donoghue believes that verse drama is a major creative art-form of our literature, with a vigorous present and promise of a vital future. In a persuasive and perceptive exposition of this belief, he considers such questions as the nature of dramatic verse, the mood play, the relation between dramatic verse and the behavior of speech, the necessity of distinguishing between "verse drama" and "poetic drama" or "theatre poetry."Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. ON VERSE IN DRAMA: A "NEUTRAL" SURVEY

CHAPTER TWO. FIVE ANECDOTES TO STAND FOR MANY

CHAPTER THREE. YEATS AND THE CLEAN OUTLINE

CHAPTER FOUR. DRAME À THÈSE: AUDEN AND CUMMINGS

CHAPTER FIVE. T. S. ELIOT AND THE COMPLETE CONSORT: MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL

CHAPTER SIX. THE FAMILY REUNION

CHAPTER SEVEN. THE COCKTAIL PARTY

CHAPTER EIGHT. THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK

CHAPTER NINE. THE ELDER STATESMAN: ELIOT IN FAIR COLONUS

CHAPTER TEN. ELIOT'S VERSE LINE

CHAPTER ELEVEN. CHRISTOPHER FRY'S THEATRE OF WORDS

CHAPTER TWELVE. THE MOOD PLAY IN VERSE: STEVENS, EBERHART, AND MACLEISH

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. EZRA POUND AND WOMEN OF TRACHIS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. RICHARD EBERHART: THE VISIONARY FARMS

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. ON SPEAKING THE VERSE

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. THEATRE POETRY AND DRAMATIC VERSE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691650395

069165039X

9780691061306

0691061300

9781400879267

1400879264

OCLC:

966814181