| Modern Verse Drama Contributor(s): Hinchliffe, Arnold P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138283975 ISBN-13: 9781138283978 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - General - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Series: Critical Idiom Reissued |
| Physical Information: 98 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1977, this book provides a clear and well-illustrated analysis of modern verse drama. It studies the work of its chief exponents, T. S. Eliot and Christopher Fry, as well as the genre's place in the development of modern theatre. It particular focuses on the effect that verse drama has had on an audience's awareness of language in the theatre, paving the way for dramatists like Pinter, Beckett and Wesker. This book will be of particular interest to those studying modern poetry and drama. |