Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage (Classical Presences) [Illustrated] 9780191083143, 9780198777359, 0191083143

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Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage (Classical Presences) [Illustrated]
9780191083143, 9780198777359, 0191083143

In its long history of performance and reception, Greek drama has been interpreted and adapted in ever-changing ways to

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This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Desp

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This volume offers a critique of cultural and intellectual life in Greece during the dictatorship of 1967-1974, discussi

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The conflict in Ukraine has deep domestic roots. A third of the population, primarily in the East and South, regards its

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From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its

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Ancient tragedy has played a well-documented role in contemporary theatre since the mid-twentieth century. In addition t

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Greek tragedy parades, tests, stimulates, and upends human cognition. Characters plot deception, try to fathom elusive g

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Greek Fragments in Postmodern Frames takes as its subject adaptation of Greek tragedy in the last decades, arguing that

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Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze examines a series of twentieth and twenty-first centu

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The historical and cultural space of the Black Atlantic - a diasporic world of forced and voluntary migrations - has lon

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