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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage

Mee Erin B. Foley, Helene P.
Innbundet / 2011 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199586196
Published
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Weight
960 gr
Height
237 mm
Width
162 mm
Thickness
29 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
496

Edited by
Mee Erin B.
Foley, Helene P.

Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage

Mee Erin B. Foley, Helene P.
Innbundet / 2011 / Engelsk
Mee Erin B. Foley, Helene P.
Innbundet / 2011 / Engelsk
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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage is the first book to analyse what happens to Sophocles' play as it is adapted and (re)produced around the world, and the first to focus specifically on Antigone in performance. The essays, by an international gathering of noted scholars from a wide range of disciplines, highlight the numerous ways in which social, political, historical, and cultural contexts transform the material, how artists and audiences in diverse societies including Argentina, The Congo, Finland, Haiti, India, Japan, and the United States interact with it, and the variety of issues it has been used to address.
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Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.
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I. ANTIGONE IN ANTIQUITY ; II. AN ANCIENT GREEK PLAY? ; III. CULTURAL FREEDOM ; IV. ANTIGONE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ; V. INDIVIDUAL VS. COLLECTIVE ; VI. ANTIGONE AS DISSIDENT ; VII. CULTURAL MEMORY ; VIII. SOPHOCLES VS. ANOUILH
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Extends the remarkable history of Sophocles' play, by analysing its reinterpretation in numerous extremely diverse contexts Pioneering exploration of the reception of a classical Greek play in the non-Western world Extensive bibliography offers readers more information about productions of Antigone all over the world, as well as written studies
Read more
Extends the remarkable history of Sophocles' play, by analysing its reinterpretation in numerous extremely diverse contexts Pioneering exploration of the reception of a classical Greek play in the non-Western world Extensive bibliography offers readers more information about productions of Antigone all over the world, as well as written studies
Read more

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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage is the first book to analyse what happens to Sophocles' play as it is adapted and (re)produced around the world, and the first to focus specifically on Antigone in performance. The essays, by an international gathering of noted scholars from a wide range of disciplines, highlight the numerous ways in which social, political, historical, and cultural contexts transform the material, how artists and audiences in diverse societies including Argentina, The Congo, Finland, Haiti, India, Japan, and the United States interact with it, and the variety of issues it has been used to address.
Read more
Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.
Read more
I. ANTIGONE IN ANTIQUITY ; II. AN ANCIENT GREEK PLAY? ; III. CULTURAL FREEDOM ; IV. ANTIGONE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ; V. INDIVIDUAL VS. COLLECTIVE ; VI. ANTIGONE AS DISSIDENT ; VII. CULTURAL MEMORY ; VIII. SOPHOCLES VS. ANOUILH
Read more
Extends the remarkable history of Sophocles' play, by analysing its reinterpretation in numerous extremely diverse contexts Pioneering exploration of the reception of a classical Greek play in the non-Western world Extensive bibliography offers readers more information about productions of Antigone all over the world, as well as written studies
Read more
Extends the remarkable history of Sophocles' play, by analysing its reinterpretation in numerous extremely diverse contexts Pioneering exploration of the reception of a classical Greek play in the non-Western world Extensive bibliography offers readers more information about productions of Antigone all over the world, as well as written studies
Read more

Product details

ISBN
9780199586196
Published
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Weight
960 gr
Height
237 mm
Width
162 mm
Thickness
29 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
496

Edited by
Mee Erin B.
Foley, Helene P.

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