Drama

A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics Series)

R. S. Gwynn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

624 Seiten

2002 | 2nd edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-321-09175-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Serving as an alternative to lengthy drama anthologies, this collection of nine plays provides an introduction to the study of drama. A part of the "Penguin Academic Series Edition of Drama", it features "Writing About Drama" as well as six selections - including plays by Wendy Wasserstein and August Wilson.

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The perfect alternative to lengthy drama anthologies, this brief, affordable collection of nine of the most widely taught plays provides a concise but complete introduction to the study of drama.

Longman is proud to announce the Penguin Academic Series Edition of Drama. The Penguin Academic Series, in the tradition of Penguin Publishers, offers highly respected, highly affordable trade-format books by preeminent scholars.

This edition features new “Writing About Drama” as well as six new selections—including plays by Wendy Wasserstein and August Wilson.

Inhalt

Introduction to Drama.


Writing about Drama.



Sophocles (496?-406 B.C.), Oedipus the King.



William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello, the Moor of Venice.



Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), A Doll House.



Susan Glaspell (1882-1948), Trifles.



Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), The Glass Menagerie.



Arthur Miller (1915-), Death of a Salesman.



August Wilson (1945-), Fences.



David Ives (1950-), Sure Thing.



Wendy Wasserstein (1950-), The Heidi Chronicles.



Index of Critical Terms.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.3.2002
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 1000 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• ISBN-10: 0-321-09175-2 / 0321091752
• ISBN-13: 978-0-321-09175-8 / 9780321091758
• Zustand: Neuware