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Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage

By Helene P. Foley

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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...Show more

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ISBN

9780520283879

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2014

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1

Original title

Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage

Format

Paperback

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