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Tragedy and the theory of drama

Title
Tragedy and the theory of drama / Elder Olson.
Author
Olson, Elder, 1909-1992
Publication
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1961.

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Description
269 pages; 21 cm
Summary
This book grew out of lectures on tragedy by Elder Olson delivered at Wayne State University in the spring of 1958. It is an attempt to cover the dramatic principles themselves instead of only stage-craft and play writing. The author as attempted to see tragedy, and of the whole of drama, from a point of view of the working dramatist, encapsulating the principles.
Subject
  • Aeschylus. > Criticism and interpretation
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. > Criticism and interpretation
  • Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. > Criticism and interpretation
  • Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
  • King Lear (Shakespeare, William)
  • Phèdre (Racine, Jean)
  • Drama > History and criticism > Theory, etc
  • Tragedy
  • Theater > History and criticism
  • tragedies
  • tragedy (general genre)
  • Theater
  • Tragedy
  • Drama
  • Tragödie
Genre/Form
  • Tragedy.
  • tragedies.
  • Tragedies (Drama)
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Tragedies.
  • Tragédies.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Drama and dramatic action -- The elements of drama : plot -- The elements of drama : incident and character -- The elements of drama : representation and dialog -- Emotion, fiction and belief -- Dramatic effect and dramatic form -- The Agamemnon -- King Lear -- Phèdre -- Modern drama and tragedy.
LCCN
61012264
OCLC
  • ocm00328607
  • 328607
  • SCSB-168837
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library