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S. W. Dawson
Drama & the Dramatic [PDF ebook]

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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.

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Format PDF ● Pages 114 ● ISBN 9781315388694 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5305068 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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