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The changing language of modern English drama, 1945-2005 /

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"This book contains an account of language and drama between 1945 and 2005, synthesizing linguistic and dramatic knowledge in order to illuminate the ways in which anxieties and attitudes toward language manifest themselves in discourses on and around English theatre of the period, and how thes...

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Main Author:	Dorney, Kate, 1975-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:	English drama > 20th century > History and criticism. Linguistics in literature. English language > Great Britain > Style. English language > 20th century > Style. Theater > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

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