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Autore |
Rankine Patrice D |
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Titolo |
Aristotle and black drama [[electronic resource] ] : a theater of civil disobedience / / Patrice D. Rankine |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Waco, Texas, : Baylor University Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-4813-0003-2 |
1-60258-454-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American drama - African American authors - History and criticism |
African American aesthetics |
American drama - Classical influences |
Civil disobedience in literature |
Classicism in literature |
Comparative literature - Modern and classical |
African American theater - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Civil disobedience as resistance to tradition and performance -- Classical origins of character and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a negro, Electra, and Orestes -- The Oedipus story and the perfect play, or The gospel according to Rita Dove: The darker face of the earth and Sonata Mulattica: a life in five movements and a short play -- Racial intent and dramatic form: Eugene O'Neill's All Gods' chillun got wings and The Emperor Jones -- Aristotle's Spectacle and August Wilson's Spectacle character: Joe Turner's Come and gone -- Freedom songs and metaphors of healing: Eugene O'Neill's Mourning becomes Electra, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the sun, and Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus and Topdog/Underdog -- Truth and reconciliation: civil disobedience and the cosmopolitan citizen: Charles Smith's The gospel according to James, Thomas Bradshaw's Mary, David Mamet's Race, and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Black theater, classical philosophy, and modern civil resistance |
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