Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage (Volume 70) (Sather Classical Lectures)

Foley, Helene P.

ISBN 10: 0520283872 / ISBN 13: 9780520283879

Editore: University of California Press, 2014

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• Titolo: Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage (Volume 70) (Sather Classical Lectures)
• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0520283872
• ISBN 13: 9780520283879
• Rilegatura: paperback
• Condizione: Good

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Riassunto

This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance, but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.

Informazioni sull'autore

Helene P. Foley is Professor of Classics at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the 2008 Sather Professor at UC Berkeley. Her many books include Ritual Irony and Female Acts in Greek Tragedy .