T. S. Eliot's dramatic theory and practice : from Sweeney Agonistes to the elder statesman / / by Carol H. Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460756303321
• Autore: Smith Carol H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 1967; ©1963
• ISBN: 0-691-64962-6; 0-691-06128-9; 1-4008-7940-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Collana: Princeton Legacy Library
• Disciplina: 822.912
• Soggetti: Drama - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Verse drama, American - History and criticism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. The Pursuit of Order -- Chapter II. Sweeney Agonistes -- Chapter III. The Rock and Murder in The Cathedral -- Chapter IV. The Family Reunion -- Chapter V. The Cocktail Party -- Chapter VI. The Confidential Clerk -- Chapter VII. The Elder Statesman -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Although there have been innumerable studies of T. S. Eliot, this is the first to examine closely the changes in his dramatic practice and to relate them to his artistic and intellectual development. Professor Smith finds Eliot's dramatic theory rooted in his conception of the need for order in religion and art; she traces this concept as it evolved from the overtly religious The Rock and Murder in the Cathedral through such symbolic drawing-room plays as The Family Reunion, The Cocktail Party, and The Confidential Clerk, to Eliot's latest study of human and divine love in The Elder Statesman. Carol H. Smith explores Eliot's interest in the jazz rhythms of the English music hall, in the mythical method of Yeats and Joyce, and in the work of the Cambridge School of Classical Anthropology. Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again ; make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.