Drama & the Dramatic

First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama's relationship with modern criticism and the novel.

This book will be a valuable resource to those studying drama and English literature.

List of contents

General Editor’s Preface; Preface; 1. Drama, Theatre and Reality 2. Language and Situation 3. Action and Tension 4. Dramatic Irony 5. Character and Idea 6. ‘Presentment’: Modern Criticism and the Dramatic 7. Drama and the Novel; Note A: Decorum; Note B: Destiny; Note C: Action, Plot and Structure; Note D: Hazlitt and Keats; Note E: Collaboration; Bibliography; Index

About the author

S. W. Dawson

Summary

First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama’s relationship with modern criticism and the novel.
This book will be a valuable resource to those studying drama and English literature.

Product details

• Authors: S W Dawson, S. W. Dawson, S. W. (Edd Dawson, Dawson S. W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138229600
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22960-0
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: The Critical Idiom Reissued; The Critical Idiom Reissued
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights