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The question of the materiality of the book has surprising consequences when applied to dramatic writing. In Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama, W. B. Worthen asks how the print form of drama bears on how we understand its dual identity - as play texts and in performance.

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Introduction: booking the play; 1. Prefixing the author or, As it was Plaide: Shakespeare, editing and the design of modern drama; 2. Accessory acts; 3. Something like poetry; Epilogue: whom the reader will remember; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 3/19/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521602693, 978-0521602693
      ISBN10: 0521602696
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The question of the materiality of the book has surprising consequences when applied to dramatic writing. In Print and the Poetics of Modern Drama, W. B. Worthen asks how the print form of drama bears on how we understand its dual identity - as play texts and in performance.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: booking the play; 1. Prefixing the author or, As it was Plaide: Shakespeare, editing and the design of modern drama; 2. Accessory acts; 3. Something like poetry; Epilogue: whom the reader will remember; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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