Modernists and the Theatre - 9781350145498

Modernists and the TheatreThe Drama of W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf\nAuthor(s): James Moran\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Methuen Drama\nISBN-13: 9781350145498, 978-1350145498\nSynopsis\nModernists and the Theatre examines how six key modernists, who are best known as poets and novelists, engaged with the realm of theatre and performance. Drawing on a wealth of unfamiliar archival material and fresh readings of neglected documents, James Moran demonstrates how these literary figures interacted with the playhouse, exploring [url] Yeatss earliest playwriting, Ezra Pounds onstage acting, the links between James Joyces and [url] Lawrences sense of drama, [url] Eliots thinking about theatrical popularity, and the feminist politics of Virginia Woolfs small-scale theatrical experimentation. \n\nWhile these modernists often made hostile comments about drama, this volume highlights how the.