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| Distinctive Challenges in Writing about Theater | |
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| Our Sense of the Reader | |
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| The Two Modes of the Play | |
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| Criticism and Reviewing: Capturing the Evanescence of Performance | |
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| Play Analysis and the Performing Text | |
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| Theater History | |
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| Dramatic Theory and the Theatrical Essay | |
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| Summary: The Five Major Kinds of Writing about Theater | |
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| Writing Techniques to Increase Learning | |
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| A Question of Attitude: Writing for Yourself | |
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| Writing and Memory: Taking Good Notes | |
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| Writing to Improve Reading: Marginalia and other Annotations | |
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| Writing to Improve Reading: Keeping the Reading Response Log | |
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| Writing to Improve Observation | |
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| Writing to Experiment with Style and Format | |
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| Going Public: From Writing for Yourself to Writing for others | |
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| The Writing Process: Predrafting, Drafting, Revising, Editing | |
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| General Principles but No Single Formula | |
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| Predrafting and Data Collection | |
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| Drafting: A Change in Attitude | |
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| Planning the Draft: The Three Keys | |
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| Effective Revision | |
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| Editing the Revised Draft | |
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| The Theater Review and Dramatic Criticism | |
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| Reviewers and Critics | |
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| The Shape of a Review | |
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| Suiting the Review to the Audience: The Three Elements | |
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| Critical Mass: Achieving Effective Argument in the Review | |
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| The Practical Critic: A Few Hints | |
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| Text Analysis | |
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| Connecting the Stage and the Study | |
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| The Text as Blueprint for Production | |
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| Literary Analysis and Functional Analysis | |
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| The Audience, Real and Imaginary | |
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| The Special Characteristics of Plays | |
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| Structure and World View | |
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| Writing the Play Analysis: A Checklist | |
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| Formats | |
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| A Final Word on Final Words: Crafting a Strong Conclusion | |
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| Theater History | |
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| The Theatrical Lens | |
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| Types of Theater History | |
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| Researching and Writing the Theater History Paper | |
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| Summary: The Three Main Principles | |
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| Sample Theater History Paper | |
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| Dramatic Theory and the Theatrical Essay | |
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| Theory or Essay? | |
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| A Case Study | |
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| Practicing Theory: The Framing Questions | |
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| The Theatrical Essay | |
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| Sources for Research in Theater and How to Cite Them | |
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| Theater Bibliography | |
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| Rules for Citation of Sources | |
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| MLA Works Cited Guide | |
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| Index | |