The iceman, the arsonist, and the troubled agent
Subtitle: tragedy and melodrama on the modern stage
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Published: 1973
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780047920097
Subjects: Tragedy; History and criticism; Melodrama; Drama; Das Melodramatische; Deutsch; Englisch; Tragödie
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1.; title: Preliminaries: the age and the types:; title: Modern tragedy: some pros and cons --; title: Tragedy and melodrama: alternate forms --; title: The plays and the approaches -- -- pt. 2.; title: Place and persons: three Americans:; title: Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) --; title: Tennessee Williams (1914- ) --; title: Arthur Miller (1915- ) -- -- pt. 3.; title: Place and persons: three Europeans:; title: Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) --; title: Max Frisch (1911- ) --; title: Friedrich Duerrenmatt (1921- ) -- -- pt. 4.; title: Time and theme:; title: Decades and dramatic modes --; title: Dramas of money: some variations since 1875.