The changing language of modern English drama, 1945-2005
By: Kate Dorney.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230013292
Subjects: English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Linguistics in literature; English language -- Great Britain -- Style; English language -- 20th century -- Style; Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Description: "This book contains an account of language and drama between 1945 and 2005, synthesizing linguistic and dramatic knowledge in order to illuminate the ways in which anxieties and attitudes toward language manifest themselves in discourses on and around English theatre of the period, and how these anxieties and attitudes reflect back through the theatre of this period"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: IntroductionLanguage, Communication and IdeologyFetishising Communication on StageThe 'Dissociation of Sensibility' and 'the Jewelled Epigram': 1945-1955Moribund and Vital; Demotic and Epic: 1956-1964Revolution On and Off Stage: 1964-1975Staging the Nation: 1976-1989Talk is Cheap: 1990-2000Coda: Likelike-ese Since 2000NotesBibliographyIndex .