Theories of the Theatre : A Historical and Critical Survey, from the Greeks to the Present

Beginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, __Theories of the Theatre__ is the first comprehensive survey of Western dramatic theory. In this expanded edition the author has updated the book and added a new concluding chapter that focuses on theoretical developments since 1980, emphasizing the impact of feminist theory. Contents Preface Preface to the Expanded Edition 1. Aristotle and the Greeks 2. Roman and Late Classic Theory 3. The Medieval Period 4. The Italian Renaissance 5. The Spanish Renaissance 6. The French Renaissance 7. The Renaissance in England and the Nether lands 8. Seventeenth-Century France 9. The Restoration and Eighteenth Century in England 10. Eighteenth-Century France 11. Germany to Hegel 12. Italy and France in the Early Nineteenth Century 13. Nineteenth-Century England 14. Russian Theory to 1900 15. The Germanic Tradition in the Late Nineteenth Century 16. France in the Late Nineteenth Century 17. The Early Twentieth Century, 1900-1914 18. The Twentieth Century, 1914-1930 19. The Twentieth Century, 1930-1950 20. The Twentieth Century, 1950-1965 21. The Twentieth Century, 1965-1980 22. The Twentieth Century since 1980 Index Beginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehensive survey of Western dramatic theory. In this expanded edition the author has updated the book and added a new concluding chapter that focuses on theoretical developments since 1980, emphasizing the impact of feminist theory. | Beginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehensive survey of Western dramatic theory. In this expanded edition the author has updated the book and added a new concluding chapter that focuses on theoretical developments since 1980, emphasizing the impact of feminist theory.

Beginning with Aristotle and the Greeks and ending with semiotics and post-structuralism, Theories of the Theatre is the first comprehensive survey of Western dramatic theory. In this expanded edition the author has updated the book and added a new concluding chapter that focuses on theoretical developments since 1980, emphasizing the impact of feminist theory.