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...

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Главный автор: Mamet, David
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Язык:английский
Опубликовано: New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Редактирование:1st Vintage books ed.
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Итог: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.
Примечание:Includes index.
Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©1998.
Объем:87 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:037570423X
9780375704239