Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage /:
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 sho...
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| Schriftenreihe: | Sather classical lectures ;
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 centu. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520953657 9780520953659 1283622807 9781283622806 |
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| spelling | Foley, Helene P., 1942- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk4C96qcpJKVTfRxPwHmd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81111462 Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage / Helene P. Foley. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012. 1 online resource (1 volume) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Sather classical lectures ; 70 Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index. Greek tragedy finds an American audience -- Setting the stage -- American theater makes Greek tragedy its own -- Making total theater in America: choreography and music -- Hellenic influences on the development of American modern dance -- American Gesamtkunste Werke -- Musical theater -- Visual choreography in Robert Wilson's Alcestis -- Democratizing Greek tragedy -- Antigone and politics in the nineteenth century: the Boston 1890 Antigone -- Performance groups in the 1960s-1970s: Brecht's Antigone by the living theatre -- The 1980s and beyond: Peter Sellars' Persians, Ajax and the Children of Heracles compared with other versions of Persians and Ajax -- Aeschylus' Prometheus bound in the U.S.: from the threat of apocalypse to communal reconciliation -- Re-envisioning the hero: American Oedipus -- Oedipus as scapegoat -- Plagues -- Theban cycles -- Decemberonstructing fatality -- Abandonment -- Re-imagining Medea as American other -- Setting the stage: nineteenth century Medea -- Medea as social critic from the mid-1930s-the late 1940s -- Medea as ethnic other from the 1970s-the present -- Medea's divided self: drag and cross dressed performances. 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 centu. English. Greek drama History and criticism. Theater United States History. Théâtre grec Histoire et critique. Théâtre États-Unis Histoire. PERFORMING ARTS Theater General. bisacsh HISTORY Ancient General. bisacsh Greek drama fast Theater fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq 20th century literacy. american culture and politics. american interpretation. american theater. books for english students. classical greek literature. coffee table books. controversial topics. dramatic. easy to read. educational books. engaging. greek tragedy. historical nonfiction. history of american dance. history of american theater. how to write a tragedy. intense emotion. interpretation of greek tragedy. learning while reading. lively. page turner. performing arts. shakespeare. theater film. theatrical. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast History fast has work: Reimagining Greek tragedy on the American stage (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGph7qDxwHTq7bxdj6vVwd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: 9780520272446 0520272447 (DLC) 2012000823 Sather classical lectures ; v. 70. FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=500854 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Foley, Helene P., 1942- Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage / Sather classical lectures ; Greek tragedy finds an American audience -- Setting the stage -- American theater makes Greek tragedy its own -- Making total theater in America: choreography and music -- Hellenic influences on the development of American modern dance -- American Gesamtkunste Werke -- Musical theater -- Visual choreography in Robert Wilson's Alcestis -- Democratizing Greek tragedy -- Antigone and politics in the nineteenth century: the Boston 1890 Antigone -- Performance groups in the 1960s-1970s: Brecht's Antigone by the living theatre -- The 1980s and beyond: Peter Sellars' Persians, Ajax and the Children of Heracles compared with other versions of Persians and Ajax -- Aeschylus' Prometheus bound in the U.S.: from the threat of apocalypse to communal reconciliation -- Re-envisioning the hero: American Oedipus -- Oedipus as scapegoat -- Plagues -- Theban cycles -- Decemberonstructing fatality -- Abandonment -- Re-imagining Medea as American other -- Setting the stage: nineteenth century Medea -- Medea as social critic from the mid-1930s-the late 1940s -- Medea as ethnic other from the 1970s-the present -- Medea's divided self: drag and cross dressed performances. Greek drama History and criticism. Theater United States History. Théâtre grec Histoire et critique. Théâtre États-Unis Histoire. PERFORMING ARTS Theater General. bisacsh HISTORY Ancient General. bisacsh Greek drama fast Theater fast |
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| title_short | Re-imagining Greek tragedy on the American stage / |
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| topic | Greek drama History and criticism. Theater United States History. Théâtre grec Histoire et critique. Théâtre États-Unis Histoire. PERFORMING ARTS Theater General. bisacsh HISTORY Ancient General. bisacsh Greek drama fast Theater fast |
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