Bibliograph

Great poets & playwrights, [editor] Jeanne Nagle

Type

Label

Great poets & playwrights, [editor] Jeanne Nagle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Great poets & playwrights

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

854848140

Responsibility statement

[editor] Jeanne Nagle

Series statement

Essential authors for children & teens

Summary

As with novelists and short story writers, the job of poets and playwrights is to elicit emotion and generate thought. The difference is that the latter authors do so while adhering to rules different than those governing standard prose works. Where poets create rich verses loaded with subtext, playwrights rely largely on dialogue to create poignant scenes that become all the more powerful when performed onstage. This captivating collection of biographies profiles some of the greatest writers of poetry and drama, from Aeschylus to Diane Ackerman, Sophocles to David Mamet

Target audience

juvenile

Classification