Modern Verse Drama

List of contents

General Editor’s Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Modern Verse Drama 2. Poets in the Theatre 3. Religious Verse Drama 4. T. S. Eliot 5. Christopher Fry 6. Poets of the Theatre 7. Poetic Drama; Bibliography; Index

About the author

Arnold P. Hinchliffe

Summary

First published in 1977, this book provides a clear and well-illustrated analysis of modern verse drama. It studies the work of its chief exponents, T. S. Eliot and Christopher Fry, as well as the genre’s place in the development of modern theatre. It particular focuses on the effect that verse drama has had on an audience’s awareness of language in the theatre, paving the way for dramatists like Pinter, Beckett and Wesker.
This book will be of particular interest to those studying modern poetry and drama.

Product details

• Authors: Hinchliffe, Arnold P. Hinchliffe, Hinchliffe Arnold P.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2017
• EAN: 9781138283978
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28397-8
• No. of pages: 98
• Series: The Critical Idiom Reissued; The Critical Idiom Reissued
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights