3 uses of the knife : on the nature and purpose of drama /
What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? With bracing directness and aphoristic grace, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross delivers a thrillingly original treatise on his art. To David Mamet, human beings are...
Salvato in:
| Autore principale: | |
|---|---|
| Natura: | Libro |
| Lingua: | inglese |
| Pubblicazione: |
New York :
Vintage Books,
2000.
|
| Edizione: | 1st Vintage books ed. |
| Soggetti: | |
| Accesso online: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Riassunto: | What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? With bracing directness and aphoristic grace, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Glengarry Glen Ross delivers a thrillingly original treatise on his art. To David Mamet, human beings are drama-creating animals who impose narrative structures on everything from today's weather to next year's elections. Mamet distinguishes true drama from its false variants, unravels the infamous Second-Act Problem, and considers the mysterious persistence of the soliloquy. Three Uses of the Knife is an inspired guide for any playwright or theatergoer that doubles as a trenchant work of moral and aesthetic philosophy. - Publisher. |
|---|---|
| Descrizione del documento: | Includes index. Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©1998. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 87 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 037570423X 9780375704239 |