Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama

by Jim Linnell

In this bold new way of looking at dramatic structure, Jim Linnell establishes the central role of emotional experience in the conception, execution, and reception of plays. Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama examines dramatic texts through the lens of human behavior to identify the joining of event and emotion in a narrative, defined by Linnell as emotional form.Effectively building on philosophy, psychology, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809330474
• ISBN13: 9780809330478
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"