Drama A Pocket Anthology (Penguin Academics Series)

by Gwynn, R. S.

• ISBN13: 9780205032167
• ISBN10: 0205032168
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-24
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

A nice alternative to lengthier and more expense anthologies, Drama: A Pocket Anthology#xA0;is the perfect choice for professors who want to see several books in an Introduction to Drama course.#xA0; Chronologically organized, changes to the new edition include: #xA0; Yasmina Reza#x19;s Tony-winning comedy The God of Carnage ,produced on Broadway with a cast including James Gandolfini and Jeff Daniels, reflects the robust strength of today#x19;s Broadway and of contemporary comedy. Shakespeare#x19;s Twelfth Nightbrings a classic comedy to this collection for the first time.

Author Biography

R. S. Gwynn has edited several other books, including Fiction: A Pocket Anthology; Poetry: A Pocket Anthology; Literature: A Pocket Anthology; Inside Literature: Reading, Responding, Writing (with Steven Zani); The Art of the Short Story (with Dana Gioia); and Contemporary American Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (with April Lindner).  He has also authored five collections of poetry, including No Word of Farewell: Selected Poems, 1970-2000. He has been awarded the Michael Braude Award for verse from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  Gwynn is University Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Play's the Thing	p. 1
Origins of Drama	p. 3
Aristotie on Tragedy	p. 5
Plot	p. 7
Characterization	p. 10
Theme	p. 12
Diction	p. 13
Melody	p. 15
Spectacle	p. 16
Brief History and Description of Dramatic Conventions	p. 18
Writing About Drama	p. 25
Drama	p. 33
Sophocles(496? - 406 B.C.) Antigone, translated	p. 35
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, edited	p. 83
An Enemy of the People, adapted	p. 166
Trifles	p. 237
The Glass Menagerie	p. 251
The Sandbox	p. 312
"Master Harold". . . and the boys	p. 319
The Piano Lesson	p. 362
Sure Thing	p. 443
The Cuban Swimmer	p. 454
The God of Carmage, translated	p. 469
Acknowledgments	p. 515
Index of Critical Terms	p. 517
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