The Idea of a Theater : : A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in Changing Perspective / / Francis Fergusson.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1949 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
- INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
- CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION
- CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON
- CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION
- CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION
- PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
- INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
- CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM
- CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO
- CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER
- P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
- APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
- Backmatter