INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x
4. PART 1. THE IDEA OF A THEATER
5. INTRODUCTION. THE IDEA OF A THEATER 1
6. CHAPTER I. OEDIPUS REX: THE TRAGIC RHYTHM OF ACTION 13
7. CHAPTER II. BERENICE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF REASON 42
8. CHAPTER III. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: THE ACTION AND THEATER OF PASSION 68
9. CHAPTER IV. HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK: THE ANALOGY OF ACTION 98
10. PART II. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER
11. INTRODUCTION. THE PARTIAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE MODERN THEATER 143
12. CHAPTER V. GHOSTS AND THE CHERRY ORCHARD: THE THEATER OF MODERN REALISM 146
13. CHAPTER VI. THE THEATRICALITY OF SHAW AND PIRANDELLO 178
14. CHAPTER VII. POETRY OF THE THEATER AND THE POET IN THE THEATER 194
15. P A R T III. CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY
16. APPENDIX. ON CERTAIN TECHNICAL CONCEPTS USED IN THIS STUDY 229
17. Backmatter 245