Sources of Dramatic Theory: Volume 2, Voltaire to Hugo
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| Author | : Michael J. Sidnell |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521326958 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521326957 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sources of Dramatic Theory: Volume 2, Voltaire to Hugo by : Michael J. Sidnell
Book excerpt: This is the second volume in the series Sources of Dramatic Theory. This volume includes the major theoretical writing on drama and theatre from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, focusing on issues that are still relevant to our understanding of drama and theatre. Among the writers represented by their own essays or substantial extracts from longer works are: Voltaire, Diderot, Goldoni, Dr Johnson, Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Hegel, and Coleridge.Many of the texts have been newly translated for this volume and all have been newly annotated and introduced.Recurrent topics and allusions are traced by a system of cross-references.
