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The changing language of modern English drama, 1945-2005 /
Dorney, Kate, 1975-
The changing language of modern English drama, 1945-2005 / Kate Dorney. - x, 250 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-247) and index.
-- Introduction -- Language, Communication and Ideology -- Fetishising Communication on Stage -- 1945-1955: The 'Dissociation of Sensibility' and 'the Jewelled Epigram' -- 1956-1964: Moribund and Vital; Demotic and Epic -- 1964-1975: Revolution On and Off Stage -- 1976-1989: Staging the Nation -- 1990-2000: Talk is Cheap -- Coda: Likelike-ese Since 2000 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index .
"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.
9780230013292 0230013295
2009043943
English drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Linguistics in literature.
English language--Style.--Great Britain
English language--Style.--20th century
Theater--History--Great Britain--20th century.
PR739.L73 / D67 2009
The changing language of modern English drama, 1945-2005 / Kate Dorney. - x, 250 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-247) and index.
-- Introduction -- Language, Communication and Ideology -- Fetishising Communication on Stage -- 1945-1955: The 'Dissociation of Sensibility' and 'the Jewelled Epigram' -- 1956-1964: Moribund and Vital; Demotic and Epic -- 1964-1975: Revolution On and Off Stage -- 1976-1989: Staging the Nation -- 1990-2000: Talk is Cheap -- Coda: Likelike-ese Since 2000 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index .
"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.
9780230013292 0230013295
2009043943
English drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Linguistics in literature.
English language--Style.--Great Britain
English language--Style.--20th century
Theater--History--Great Britain--20th century.
PR739.L73 / D67 2009
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