Text & Presentation, 2014

Download or read book Text & Presentation, 2014 written by Graley Herren and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text & Presentation gathers some of the best work presented at the 2014 Comparative Drama Conference in Baltimore. The subjects explored in this volume range from ancient to contemporary and encompass great cultural and intellectual diversity. The highlight of the conference was a presentation by award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang. A transcript of Hwang's conversation is the lead piece, followed by twelve research papers, one review essay and ten book reviews. This volume accurately represents the diversity of the annual conference, and represents the latest research in the fields of comparative drama, performance and dramatic textual analysis.