How do we learn to read a playscript? Of what should a student of dramatic texts be aware? This text aims to provide students and the general reader with a guide to drama, its craft and its technique. A special section on e xam technique looks at drama questions and extracts for criticism.[...]
Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings.[...]