{"product_id":"the-idea-of-a-theater-9780691622316","title":"The Idea of a Theater","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn original and beautifully written book on changing perspectives in the art of theater. Through a study of nine plays--Oedipus Rex, Berenice, Tristan und Isolde, Hamlet, Ghosts, The Cherry Orchard, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Noah, Murder in the Cathedral--the author shows how all playwrights seek to \"hold the mirror up to nature\" and h\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. x*INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION, pg. 13*CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON, pg. 42*CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION, pg. 68*CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION, pg. 98*INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER, pg. 143*CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM, pg. 146*CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO, pg. 178*CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER, pg. 194*APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY, pg. 229*Backmatter, pg. 245","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865558233431,"sku":"9780691622316","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-idea-of-a-theater-9780691622316","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}