Verse drama in England, 1900-2015: Art, modernity, and the national stage

Morra, Irene ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-7127 2016. Verse drama in England, 1900-2015: Art, modernity, and the national stage. Critical Companions, London and New York: Bloomsbury Methuen.

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Abstract

This book explores the emergence of the form at the turn of the century and its development into the twenty-first, offering key case studies of well-known verse dramatists alongside explorations of less-discussed but equally influential writers within the form. Dramatists discussed include T. S. Eliot, Gordon Bottomley, Charles Williams, W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, Ronald Duncan, Christopher Fry, John Arden, Anne Ridler, Tony Harrison, Ted Hughes, and Caryl Churchill. The book explores the negotiation of these dramatists with the changing position of verse drama in relation to constructions of national and communal audience, aesthetic challenge, and dramatic heritage. Key to the study is the self-conscious positioning of many of these dramatists in relation to an assumed mainstream tradition – and the various critical responses that that positioning has provoked.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Methuen
ISBN:	9781472580146
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 02:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/86084

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