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Book SynopsisBased on the author's teaching methods and experience, Poetics of the Creative Process examines and analyzes the creative process of playwriting. It attempts to concretize the playwright's creative experience from the gestation of a dramatic idea to its expression as a theatrical performance.
Trade ReviewThe three appendixes—exercises, a one-act monologue, and a text analysis—will interest young playwrights in particular, but this is not a set of directions for beginnning dramatists. Rather, it is a meditation on craft.Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. Lower-/upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. -- G.W. Clift * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Drama and the Playwright: From Concept to Structure Chapter 2 The Creative Potential: The Tragic and Comedic Quest to the Illud Tempus Chapter 3 Mythic Expressions of the Creative Process: The Fateful/Fatal Paradox Chapter 4 Ritual Impulses and the Playwright: The Dramatic Structure Chapter 5 Visible Dramatic Vehicle and Its Ritual Implications: The Central Character Chapter 6 Ritual Scope: The Monologue and the Creative Challenge Chapter 7 Ritual Scope and Developments: The One-Act and Full-Length Chapter 8 Conclusion: Ritual Efficacies: The Illud Tempus Script Chapter 9 Appendix I: Organic Practicum: Development Exercises Chapter 10 Appendix II: A One-Act Monologue Chapter 11 Appendix III: Ritual Registers: Analysis of Text Chapter 12 Bibliography
