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Suspending Disbelief
Roger Grainger
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Description for Suspending Disbelief
Paperback. Drama and the uses to which we put it represent part of the process of living our lives. It is an aspect of being human which is almost always undervalued. This book sets out to explain what it is that makes drama in all its manifestations - including literature - 'work', and how the engagement with imagination leads to psychological wholeness. Num Pages: 103 pages. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 186.
This is a book about the central principle of drama and theatre -- how we join up with one another in order to enjoy a play. This is the principle defined by Coleridge when he described poetry as involving 'the willing suspension of disbelief', a phrase often used by theatre critics and others, but one which is rarely examined in any detail, having as much to do with psychology as aesthetics. Roger Grainger is both a psychologist and an actor, and is thus uniquely placed to investigate this shared territory, not only from an academic viewpoint but also professionally, in ... Read more
This is a book about the central principle of drama and theatre -- how we join up with one another in order to enjoy a play. This is the principle defined by Coleridge when he described poetry as involving 'the willing suspension of disbelief', a phrase often used by theatre critics and others, but one which is rarely examined in any detail, having as much to do with psychology as aesthetics. Roger Grainger is both a psychologist and an actor, and is thus uniquely placed to investigate this shared territory, not only from an academic viewpoint but also professionally, in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
103
Condition
New
Number of Pages
103
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845193980
SKU
V9781845193980
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Ref
99-13
About Roger Grainger
Roger Grainger is the author of a number of books, including The Language of the Rite (Darton, Longman and Todd); The Message of the Rite (Lutterworth); and The Drama of the Rite (published by SAP in 2008), the final book in the trilogy. He has also written about therapeutic theatre, group spirituality, and bereavement; and combines parish work with his ... Read more
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