The Idea of a Theater : : A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective /

The Idea of a Theater : : A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective / / Francis Fergusson.

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An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays—Oedipus Rex, Bérénice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral—the author shows how all playwrig...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Fergusson, Francis,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1949
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1897
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --   |t PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER --   |t INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER --   |t CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION --   |t CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON --   |t CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION --   |t CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION --   |t PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER --   |t INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER --   |t CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM --   |t CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO --   |t CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER --   |t P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY --   |t APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY --   |t Backmatter 
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520 |a An original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays—Oedipus Rex, Bérénice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral—the author shows how all playwrights seek to "hold the mirror up to nature" and how in this respect the art of drama is always the same, varying only with the philosophical and aesthetic concepts of each age. The Idea of a Theater will delight both readers with a special interest in drama and those who read drama as a source of insight into man's nature and man’s changing ideas of himself.Originally published in 1949.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. 
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650 0 |a Drama  |x History and criticism. 
650 7 |a LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama.  |2 bisacsh 
653 |a Acting. 
653 |a Anagoge. 
653 |a Anecdote. 
653 |a Aristotelianism. 
653 |a Awareness. 
653 |a Before the Revolution. 
653 |a Brothel. 
653 |a Caricature. 
653 |a City Of. 
653 |a Classicism. 
653 |a Cyclorama (theater). 
653 |a Dithyramb. 
653 |a Dolce Stil Novo. 
653 |a Drama. 
653 |a Dramatization. 
653 |a Dramaturgy. 
653 |a Drawing room. 
653 |a Episode. 
653 |a Escapism. 
653 |a Farce. 
653 |a Fine art. 
653 |a Fortinbras. 
653 |a Genre. 
653 |a Gilbert Murray. 
653 |a Gilbert and Sullivan. 
653 |a Good and evil. 
653 |a Hamlet's Father. 
653 |a Hamlet. 
653 |a Harold Clurman. 
653 |a Heartbreak House. 
653 |a High Spirits (musical). 
653 |a Hubris. 
653 |a Illustration. 
653 |a Imagery. 
653 |a Improvisation. 
653 |a In Society. 
653 |a In This World. 
653 |a In the Life. 
653 |a Infatuation. 
653 |a Irony. 
653 |a Jacques Copeau. 
653 |a Jean Cocteau. 
653 |a Jeux. 
653 |a Kilroy was here. 
653 |a Laertes (Hamlet). 
653 |a Life Itself. 
653 |a Literature. 
653 |a Louis Jouvet. 
653 |a Luigi Pirandello. 
653 |a Macduff (Macbeth). 
653 |a Major Barbara. 
653 |a Melodrama. 
653 |a Metaphysical poets. 
653 |a Mimesis. 
653 |a Modernity. 
653 |a Molière. 
653 |a Murder in the Cathedral. 
653 |a Narrative thread. 
653 |a Narrative. 
653 |a Of Human Action. 
653 |a Omnipotence. 
653 |a Oscar Wilde. 
653 |a Parody. 
653 |a Plautus. 
653 |a Play (theatre). 
653 |a Playwright. 
653 |a Poetic realism. 
653 |a Poetry. 
653 |a Polonius. 
653 |a Primitivism. 
653 |a Purgatorio. 
653 |a Realism (arts). 
653 |a Reductio ad absurdum. 
653 |a Restoration comedy. 
653 |a Revenge play. 
653 |a Rhetorical device. 
653 |a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play). 
653 |a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 
653 |a Scaramouche. 
653 |a Sensibility. 
653 |a Shakespearean tragedy. 
653 |a Six Characters in Search of an Author. 
653 |a Sophistication. 
653 |a Sophocles. 
653 |a Sound effect. 
653 |a Struggle (TV series). 
653 |a Suspension of disbelief. 
653 |a Terence. 
653 |a The Comic. 
653 |a The Infernal Machine (play). 
653 |a The Realist. 
653 |a The Spirit of the Age. 
653 |a The Various. 
653 |a The Very Idea. 
653 |a Theatre. 
653 |a Theatricality. 
653 |a Tragedy. 
653 |a Valet. 
653 |a Ventriloquism. 
653 |a William Shakespeare. 
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