J.B.

The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature;      16 words ...J.B., poetic drama by Archibald MacLeish treating the theme of Job's trials in a modern setting and idiom.

THE TRANSCENDENTAL REALISM OF AMERICAN VERSE DRAMA

The Journal of American Drama and Theatre;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......hybrid of modern verse or poetic drama. Described both as a revolt...often referred to it as dramatic poetry, or as failed drama. Usually...Public Indifference to Poetic Drama" (1909) baldly stated that...notes that "the rhetoric of poetic drama challenges stage ...

Lazarus Laughed

The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature;      21 words ...Lazarus Laughed, poetic drama by O'Neill , produced in 1928 but published in 1927. This mystic affirmation of life employs masked choruses.

Works of T. S. Eliot: Introduction To Murder In The Cathedral

Monarch Notes;      700+ words ......matter at all. . . ." (Adelphi, p. 158.) Poetic Drama The tradition of the poetic drama in the Western World goes back to the very...danger of imitation. . . ." ("The Need for Poetic Drama," The Listener, p. 994.) In the same address...

poetic

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      61 words ......x14D;ˈe t ik / • adj. of, relating to, or used in poetry. ∎  written in verse rather than prose: a poetic drama. ∎  having an imaginative or sensitively emotional style of expression. DERIVATIVES: po·et·i·cal...

poetics

Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      47 words ......et'iks) n.pl. [with sing. v.] 1. a)the theory or structure of poetry b)a treatise on this 2. the poetic theory or practice of a specific poet--[P-] a famous treatise on poetic drama by Aristotle Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

auditions.(Daily Break)(Theater review)

The Virginian Pilot;  April 13, 2008 ;     72 words ...Visions. The play is a poetic drama about an American of German descent haunted by the Holocaust. Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at The Venue on 35th, 631 35th Street, Norfolk...

Lazarus, Emma

The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature;      105 words ...Lazarus, Emma (1849–87), New York poet, best known for her Songs of a Semite (1882), which includes the poetic drama “The Dance to Death,” about 12th-century Thuringian Jews and constitutes an impassioned answer to the persecution...

Mimesis re-examined in the light of Aristotle and Abhinavagupta.(Critical...

Creative Forum;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......paper is devoted to an analysis of the role of mimesis in poetic drama with special reference to Aristotle and Abhinavagupta. The...to render universals inherent in the particular episodes. Poetic drama communicates universal truths through the medium of plot...

QUIZ CHALLENGE.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 15, 2008 ;     53 words ......through his TV appearances as 'the Naked Chef'? 3. What is the modern name of the island once known as Van Diemen's Land? 4. Who wrote the poetic drama Under Milk Wood? 5. What do the British call the bird known in America as the whippoorwill?

Interactive new show; ART.(News)

Birmingham Mail (England);  August 14, 2007 ;     70 words ......August 18 and 19. Visitors will need to collect an MP3 player at the start of the 30 minute display. This will allow them to hear voices from Worcester in a mix of poetic drama, music and soundscapes. Tickets for the show are from 01905 611427.

Interactive new show ART

Birmingham Mail;  August 14, 2007 ;     70 words ......August 18 and 19. Visitors will need to collect an MP3 player at the start of the 30 minute display. This will allow them to hear voices from Worcester in a mix of poetic drama, music and soundscapes. Tickets for the show are from 01905 611427.

masque

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms;      148 words ...masque or mask, a spectacular kind of indoor performance combining poetic drama, music, dance, song, lavish costume, and costly stage effects, which was favoured by European royalty in the 16th and early 17th...

NEW THIS WEEK

The Washington Post;  October 14, 1994 ;     285 words ...THE ODYSSEY - (At Arena Stage's Fichandler through Nov. 6) In Derek Walcott's poetic drama, derived from Homer's ancient epic poem, the ocean god Poseidon hates the hero Odysseus, and thwarts his journey home from the...

[ OUT & ABOUT ]

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 10, 2001 ;     85 words ......Park District's Theater on the Lake series concludes with Congo Square's production of The Piano Lesson. In August Wilson's poetic drama, a piano that a father brought into a family's home reminds them of the history that is their family legacy and stands to...