Download or read book English Drama of the Early Modern Period 1890 1940 written by Jean Chothia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period 1890-1940 was a particularly rich and influential phase in the development of modern English theatre: the age of Wilde and Shaw and a generation of influential actors and managers from Irving and Terry to Guilgud and Olivier. Jean Chothia's study is in two parts beginning with a portrait of the period, setting the narrative context and considering the dramatic social and cultural changes at work during this time. It then focuses on some of the main themes in the theatre, from Shaw and comedy, to the rise of political and radio drama, providing an interpretative framework for the period. This volume will be of great benefit to students and academics of English literature and drama, as it covers the work of the major dramatists of the period as well as considering the dramatic output of literary figures, such as James, Eliot and Lawrence.

Download or read book Shaw s Ibsen written by Joan Templeton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Shaw was a masterful reader of Ibsen's plays both as texts and as the cornerstone of the modern theatre. Dismantling the notion that Shaw distorted Ibsen to promote his own view of the world, and establishing Shaw’s initial interest in Ibsen as the poet of Peer Gynt, it chronicles Shaw’s important role in the London Ibsen campaign and exposes the falsity of the tradition that Shaw branded Ibsen as a socialist. Further, this study shows that Shaw’s famous but maligned The Quintessence of Ibsenism reflects Ibsen’s own anti-idealist notion of his work and argues that Shaw’s readings of Ibsen’s plays are pioneering analyses that anticipate later criticism. It offers new readings of Shaw’s “Ibsenist” plays as well as a comprehensive account of Ibsen’s importance for Shaw’s dramatic criticism, from his early journalism to Our Theatres of the Nineties, both as a weapon against the inanities of the Victorian stage and as the standard bearer for modernism.

Download or read book A Treasury of the Theatre written by Burns Mantle and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Routledge History of Literature in English written by Ronald Carter and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, charting some of the main features of literary language development and highlighting key language topics.

Download or read book The World Republic of Letters written by Pascale Casanova and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. In this book, Pascale Casanova shows us the state of world literature behind the stylistic refinements--a world of letters relatively independent from economic and political realms, and in which language systems, aesthetic orders, and genres struggle for dominance. Rejecting facile talk of globalization, with its suggestion of a happy literary "melting pot," Casanova exposes an emerging regime of inequality in the world of letters, where minor languages and literatures are subject to the invisible but implacable violence of their dominant counterparts. Inspired by the writings of Fernand Braudel and Pierre Bourdieu, this ambitious book develops the first systematic model for understanding the production, circulation, and valuing of literature worldwide. Casanova proposes a baseline from which we might measure the newness and modernity of the world of letters--the literary equivalent of the meridian at Greenwich. She argues for the importance of literary capital and its role in giving value and legitimacy to nations in their incessant struggle for international power. Within her overarching theory, Casanova locates three main periods in the genesis of world literature--Latin, French, and German--and closely examines three towering figures in the world republic of letters--Kafka, Joyce, and Faulkner. Her work provides a rich and surprising view of the political struggles of our modern world--one framed by sites of publication, circulation, translation, and efforts at literary annexation.

Download or read book The new Drama 1900 1914 written by Jan McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ibsen in England written by Miriam Alice Franc and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Theory and technique of playwriting written by J.H. Lawson and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1960 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new introduction.

Download or read book The Playwright as Thinker written by Eric Bentley and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sharp witty study of the contemporary theater and its playwrights by one if its severest critics."--P. [4] of cover.

Download or read book Criticism and Fiction written by William Dean Howells and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Elements of Drama written by J. L. Styan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to drama explores the aims and techniques of the particular playwrights and their plays.

Download or read book Art And Mind Of Shaw written by A M Gibbs and published by Springer. This book was released on 1983-10-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Art Anger written by Jane Marcus and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Pageant of Great Women written by Cicely Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dramatic Opinions and Essays written by Bernard Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw written by Dame Ellen Terry and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brevveksling mellem den engelske skuespillerinde Ellen Terry (1847-1928) og forfatteren George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)