The 39 Steps of Self-Division

<i>The 39 Steps of Self-Division</I> is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the theater and in literary criticism. Original and innovative <i>The 39 Steps of Self-Division</I> presents a detailed structure of the Self-Division process which depicts a protagonist torn within his soul between two opposing courses of action.</P><P>Author Sam Zebba brings years of teaching and analytical exploration to the formation of his 39-step 'flow chart' guiding a play's advance. In clear and easy to understand language and with the use of instantly comprehensible tables Zebba demonstrates the structure's undeniable function and exposes the startling step-by-step uniformity in the following six famous unrelated Self-Division plays.</P><UL><LI>Sophocles' <I>Qedipus</I> <LI>Shakespeare's <I>Hamlet and Othello</I><LI>Brecht's <I>Galileo</I><LI>Pirandello's <I>Henry IV</I><LI>Bates' & Lean's <I>Summer Madness</I></UL></LI></P><p><i>The 39 Steps of Self-Division</I> is a useful inventive and insightful aid to a better understanding of structure in some of dramatic literature's most highly regarded masterpieces.