Dramatic Monologue

by Glennis Byron

Book Overview

The dramatic monologue is traditionally associated with Victorian poets such as Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson, and is generally considered to have disappeared with the onset of modernism in the twentieth century. Glennis Byron unravels its history and argues that, contrary to belief, the monologue remains popular to this day. This far-reaching and neatly structured volume:

* explores the origins of the monologue and presents a history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415229375
• ISBN13: 9780415229371
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"