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Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

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Greek tragedy is currently being performed more frequently than at any time since classical antiquity. This book is the first to address the fundamental question, why has there been so much Greek tragedy in the theatres, opera houses and cinemas of the last three decades? A detailed chronological appendix of production information and lavish illustrations supplement the fourteen essays by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the worlds of classics, theatre studies, and the professional theatre. They relate the recent appeal of Greek tragedy to social trends, political developments, aesthetic and performative developments, and the intellectual currents of the last three decades, especially multiculturalism, post-colonialism, feminism, post-structuralism, revisions of psychoanalytical models, and secularization.

Language: English

Pages: 498

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 10, 2005

ISBN: 0199281319

ISBN 13: 9780199281312

Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Greek tragedy is currently being performed more frequently than at any time since classical antiquity. This book is the first to address the fundamental question, why has there been so much Greek tragedy in the theatres, opera houses and cinemas of the last three decades? A detailed chronological appendix of production information and lavish illustrations supplement the fourteen essays by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the worlds of classics, theatre studies, and the professional theatre. They relate the recent appeal of Greek tragedy to social trends, political developments, aesthetic and performative developments, and the intellectual currents of the last three decades, especially multiculturalism, post-colonialism, feminism, post-structuralism, revisions of psychoanalytical models, and secularization.

Language: English

Pages: 498

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Release: March 10, 2005

ISBN: 0199281319

ISBN 13: 9780199281312

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