On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre

Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster

I. Eynat-Confino (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-37496-0 (ISBN)

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The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic.

IRENE EYNAT-CONFINO is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Introduction The Infernal Machine The Sphinx Laius, Tiresias, and Jocasta Oedipus Dramatic Strategies and Stratagems Cocteau and his Monster Visibility, Invisibility, and the Fantastic Ethics, Alterity, and Designed Emotion

Erscheinungsdatum	18.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Zusatzinfo	VII, 198 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Design • Drama • Emotion • ethics • Theatre
ISBN-10	1-349-37496-2 / 1349374962
ISBN-13	978-1-349-37496-0 / 9781349374960
Zustand	Neuware