ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|14 pages

Drama, Theatre and Reality

chapter 2|14 pages

Language and Situation

chapter 3|9 pages

Action and Tension

chapter 4|7 pages

Dramatic Irony

chapter 5|24 pages

Character and Idea

chapter 7|6 pages

Drama and the Novel

chapter |1 pages

Note A: Decorum

chapter |3 pages

Note B: Destiny

chapter |1 pages

Note C: Action, Plot and Structure

chapter |2 pages

Note D: Hazlitt and Keats

chapter |1 pages

Note E: Collaboration