On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre

Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster

AvI. Eynat-Confino

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-12-12
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Antal sidor:198
Upplaga:2008
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780230608214

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Scenkonst och film inom Kultur
Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

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

Recensioner i media

"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

Innehållsförteckning

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