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The Playwright as Thinker : A Study of Drama in Modern Times, Fourth Edition /

First published in 1946, The Playwright as Thinker is a classic work of drama criticism that helped create the intellectual environment in which serious American theater would thrive in the second half of the twentieth century. At the time of publishing, most drama critics believed dramatic art dese...

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Autor principal: Bentley, Eric, 1916-2020
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Edición:4th ed., 1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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