Debit and Credit. E-book. Formato PDF Gustav Freytag   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The author, a man about fifty years of age, and by birth a Silesian, is editor of the Grenz-bote (border Messenger.

Debit and Credit: Translated From the German. E-book. Formato PDF Gustav Freytag   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Now that I have regained both, I have thought it ad visable to let you have the best I can offer you in the shortest time possible, and therefore send you a short Memoir on the subject, written in German, placing it wholly at your disposal, and leaving it entirely to you to give it either in part or in its totality to the English public, as may seem best adapted to the occasion. I shall be glad to hear of the success of your Trans lation, and remain, with sincere consideration.

Freytag's Technique of Drama: An Exposition of Dramatic Composition and Art. E-book. Formato PDF Gustav Freytag   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Hellenic choral theater, the structure for the mys tery play, and the complete inclosed room of the modern stage. It may be considered certain that some of the fundamental laws of dramatic production will remain in force for all time; in general, however, not only the vital requisites of the drama have been found in continuous devel opment, but also the artistic means of producing its effects. Let no one think that the technique of poetry has been advanced through the creations of the greatest poets only; we may say without self-exaltation that we at present have clearer ideas upon the highest art effects in the drama and upon the use of technical equipment, than had Lessing, Schiller and Goethe.