Abraham H. LassRezensionen

3/15/22

3/14/22

If you are looking for a good collection of modern one acts written up until mid-20th century, this is a pretty good collection. Of course this contained the standard "Riders to the Sea" by John M. Synge, but it also contains such gems as "The Browning Version" by Terence Rattigan, "Thunder on Sycamore Street" by Reginald Rose, and "A Trip to Czardis" by Edwin Granberry

I love the short story form--fell in love with a lot listed here have been favorites since they were assigned in high school: Lawrence's "The Rocking Horse Winner," O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge," Cather's "Paul's Case," Chekhov's "The Bet," Benet's "By the Waters of Babylon" (a science fiction story no less), Crane's "The Open Boat," Welty's "The Worn Path," Broun's "The Fifty-First Dragon," Saki's "The Interlopers," and the work that forms part of the title, Conrad's novella, "The Secret Sharer." Anyone with an American high school education will recognize several other authors and titles. Sure, there's a lot of the great short story writers missing--Poe, Hawthorne, Hemingway among others. And many of these are in the public domain and can now be found online. I'd recommend other short story anthologies over this one, particularly Moffett's Point of View or Best American Short Stories of the Century, but this isn't a bad choice when looking for a collection of 23 of the best.

After 2500 years, the short play remains "a flourishing and exciting literary genre".[14] This book provides the text of three TV plays, three realistic dramas (including the breathless fraud of "Lord Byron's Love Letter"), three comedies, a radio play, a tragedy, and a theatrical experiment by Thornton Wilder, "The Happy Journey".

The Editors provide brief biographies of the playrights, and a description of each work.

Interessante ma servirebbe forse più a chi traduce dall’inglese che non a me. Il contenuto di una pagina (formato Penguin tascabile, per intenderci): Demogorgon, Den of Thieves, De Rerum Natura, Desdemona, Desert shall blossom, Des Esseintes. Ci sono 240 pagine come questa, sei righe di descrizione in media. A volte interessante ma si vive anche senza.
Segnalato da Simon Turner

A brilliant, comprehensive guide to good writing.

I found the chapter on 'close up and faraway' writing particularly helpful in thinking about how I choose words.

2/12/2010