In this bold new way of looking at dramatic structure; Jim Linnell establishes the central role of emotional experience in the conception; execution; and reception of plays. Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama examines dramatic texts through the lens of human behavior to identify the joining of event and emotion in a narrative; defined by Linnell as emotional form.Effectively building on philosophy; psychology; and critical theory in ways useful to both scholars and practitioners; Linnell unfolds the concept of emotional form as the key to understanding the central shaping force of drama. He highlights the Dionysian force of human emotion in the writer as the genesis for creative work and articulates its power to determine narrative outcomes and audience reaction.Walking on Fire contains writing exercises to open up playwrights to the emotional realities and challenges of their work. Additionally; each chapter offers case studies of traditional and nonlinear plays in the known canon that allow readers to evaluate the construction of these works and the authorsrsquo; practices and intentions through an xamination of the emotional form embedded in the central charactersrsquo; language; thoughts; and behaviors. The plays discussed include Henrik Ibsenrsquo;s A Dollrsquo;s House; William Shakespearersquo;s Hamlet; Athol Fugardrsquo;s ldquo;MASTER HAROLDrdquo;. . .and the boys; Donald Marguliesrsquo;s The Loman Family Picnic; Harold Pinterrsquo;s The Birthday Party; and Tony Kushnerrsquo;s Angels in America. Walking on Fire opens up new conversations about content and emotion for writers and offers exciting answers to the questions of why we make drama and why we connect to it. Linnellrsquo;s userfriendly theory and passionate approach create a framework for understanding the links between the writerrsquo;s work in creating the text; the text itself; and the audiencersquo;s engagement.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I loved itBy Martin ConwayThis is a great book. very inclusive of Philadelphia architecture both old and new. I liked the inclusion of "pop" architecture like the Best Buy building in the Northeast. After all. this is a book that covers more than just historic architecture. It was refreshing to see that the writing was not stodgy or academic (yawn). The writing tends towards the clever and poetic; check out the caption headlines under the photographs. This is easily. I think. the best book on Philadelphia architecture to appear in the last 15 years.Additionally. reviews are famous for attracting personal enemies and competitors of the author of the book being discussed so what masquerades as an editorial critique is often personal bias and spite.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Better to look than to read.By M. G. BurlandoThis book has some very nice pictures of buildings and streetscapes around the city. covering a broad swath of the citys history. The focus is on the photos. with a short essay introducing the book and captions accompanying each shot. The photographs are good. as is the quality of the books construction.The downfall of this work is the writing. Captions read as though they havent seen even the cursory glance of an editor. Spelling and factual errors plague the short captions. The mistakes were so glaring. frequent and distracting as to detract from the experience of the book.0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Only some good photos.By James Cravatt Jr.Images of America books depend on their photos for their quality. About half of this book is nice historical photos. But much of it is illustrated with mediocre contemporary snaps. Also. given Philadelphias high level of architectural splendor. it includes lots of unimpressive modern buildings. Finally. a fair number of mistakes. Worst goof was a photo caption for one house (Drexel mansion I believe) was completely repeated about 50 pages away from its first appearance.
