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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784495503321

Autore

Pavel Thomas G. <1941->

Titolo

The poetics of plot [[electronic resource] ] : the case of English Renaissance drama / / Thomas G. Pavel ; foreword by Wlad Godzich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1985

ISBN

0-8166-8215-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Theory and history of literature ; ; v. 18

Disciplina

821/.309/24

822/.3/09

Soggetti

English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

English drama - 17th century - History and criticism

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)

Poetics - History - 16th century

Poetics - History - 17th century

Renaissance - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Plot-Grammar: Marlowe's Tamburlaine I; Chapter Three: Semantic Considerations: Narrative Domains; Chapter Four: Marlowe-An Exercise in Inconstancy; Chapter Five: Two Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy and Arden of Feversham; Chapter Six: King Lear; Chapter Seven: Move-Grammars and Styles of Plot; Appendix: A Few Considerations on the Formalism of Move-Grammars; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A unique methodology for plot analysis focusing on an important body of English Renaissance dramas.