Drama: Between Poetry and Performance

by W.B. Worthen

An engaging book spanning the fields of drama, literary criticism, genre, and performance studies, Drama: Between Poetry and Performance 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405153423
• ISBN13: 9781405153423
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"