I. Eynat-Confino

Broschiertes Buch

On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre

Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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

Produktdetails

• Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-37496-0
• 1st ed. 2008
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781349374960
• ISBN-10: 1349374962
• Artikelnr.: 45079766

Rezensionen

"Who are the monsters in Jean Cocteau s Infernal Machine ? Eynat-Confino s absorbing study gives us all facets of this central theme of Cocteau s modern classic and the ways monstrosity relates to Cocteau s self image as homosexual and poet. A must read for readers interested in Cocteau, modern French theater, and gender and gay studies. " - John M Clum, Professor of Theater Studies and English Duke University and author of Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama and Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture