Author : S. W. Dawson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 1315388693
First published in 1970, this book explores drama as literature and provides critical overviews of different aspects of drama and the dramatic. It first asks what a play is, before going on to examine dramatic language, action and tension, dramatic irony, characters and drama’s relationship with modern criticism and the novel. This book will be a valuable resource to those studying drama and English literature.