{"product_id":"9781405153423","title":"Drama Between Poetry and Performance","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDrama\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBetween Poetry and Performance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eW. B. Worthen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAn engaging book spanning the fields of drama, literary criticism, genre, and performance studies, \u003ci\u003eDrama: Between Poetry and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e teaches students how to read drama by exploring the threshold between text and performance.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on examples from major playwrights including Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, and Parks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the critical terms and controversies that animate the performance and study of drama, such as the status of language, the function of character and plot, and uses of writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages in a theoretical, disciplinary, and cultural repositioning of drama, by exploring and contesting its position at the threshold between text and performance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eW. B. Worthen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of the Actor\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eModern Drama and the Rhetoric of Theater\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Authority of Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and the Force of Modern Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and \u003ci\u003ePrint and the Poetics of Modern Drama\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). He is also the editor of several volumes, including \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Shakespeare and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (with Barbara Hodgdon, Wiley-Blackwell 2005), and the \u003ci\u003eWadsworth Anthology of Drama, 5th edition\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 January 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405153423\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310452207756,"sku":"9781405153423","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405153423_c8bb95fd-2f02-4e5a-889a-fe87e4fd3bf6.jpg?v=1780618121","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405153423","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}