• ISBN13: 9788171563524
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: May 26, 1993
• Pages: 310
• Original Price: INR 375.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 280 grams

The poetic plays of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey convey both assurance and anxiety - balancing and counterpointing each other – and the object of the present study is to show how this balancing and counter-pointing enrich the texture of their plays. Truly, their creative energy was considerably cramped by the conditions prevailing in the contemporary theatre, and it is also true that they show an inadequate grasp of dramatic art and dramatic dialogue; but what is remarkable in their dramatic works is their capacity to seize and analyse the spiritual dilemma of the age; their persistent moral ardour exposes the ailments and iniquities afflicting the social order and also questions and scrutinizes the possible modes of freedom. In fact, this is mainly a study of the moral concerns in the plays of the three elder English Romantic poets – their anxiety about the mystery and potency of evil and how to combat it, the issues of ends and means that have disturbed the sensitive rebels throughout ages.
The embivalent poetical characters, their gravitation towards drama, struggle for stage success, the contemporary theatrical condition, the un-realized projects, the dramatic and stylistic qualities, literary issues, etc. have also been discussed incidentally.

Dr. Jibon Krishna Banerjee has been teaching English at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, for the last 28 years. Dr. Banerjee has contributed a number of research papers to Indian and foreign learned journals and volumes, and is the author of three works on Drama. He chaired Drama Sessions at two International Conferences (New York and Munich) and addressed University audiences in India, USA, UK, France and West Germany. He was on the air - Courtesy: BBC, London.
A man of wide interests, Dr. Banerjee has published poems and stories, translated, edited journals, acted in and directed plays, served in literary and cultural bodies; was offered Guest Assignments in the Universities abroad.