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Drama: Between Poetry and Performance
An engaging book spanning the fields of drama, literary criticism, genre, and performance studies, Drama: Between Poetry andPerformance teaches students how to read drama by exploring the threshold between text and performance.
* Draws on examples from major playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks
* Explores the critical terms and controversies that animate the performance and study of drama, such as the status of language, the function of character and plot, and uses of writing
* Engages in a theoretical, disciplinary, and cultural repositioning of drama, by exploring and contesting its position at the threshold between text and performance
* Draws on examples from major playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks
* Explores the critical terms and controversies that animate the performance and study of drama, such as the status of language, the function of character and plot, and uses of writing
* Engages in a theoretical, disciplinary, and cultural repositioning of drama, by exploring and contesting its position at the threshold between text and performance
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 11, 2010
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About the author
W.B. Worthen
25 books6 followersWilliam B. Worthen has a Ph.D., English literature from the Princeton University and a B.A., summa cum laude, English literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
He has published a number of works with focus on: Drama and performance studies, Modern drama and performance, Shakespeare.
He has received numerous awards and grants.
He has published a number of works with focus on: Drama and performance studies, Modern drama and performance, Shakespeare.
He has received numerous awards and grants.
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