02632nam 2200589Ia 450 991079208200332120200520144314.01-299-25155-20-8108-8509-3(CKB)2560000000098225(EBL)1137724(OCoLC)850198880(SSID)ssj0000836257(PQKBManifestationID)12357650(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836257(PQKBWorkID)11014492(PQKB)10597644(MiAaPQ)EBC1137724(Au-PeEL)EBL1137724(CaPaEBR)ebr10665893(CaONFJC)MIL456405(PPN)171677676(EXLCZ)99256000000009822520120928d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTragedy in the age of Oprah[electronic resource] essays on five great plays /Louis FantasiaLanham Scarecrow Press, Inc.20131 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-8508-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction; 1 Medea Lives in Texas; 2 King Lear or Survivor?; 3 Prozac for Phèdre; 4 Mary Stuart, Passion's Martyr; 5 Long Day's Journey into Night; References; Index; About the AuthorIn Tragedy in the Age of Oprah: Essays on Five Great Plays, Louis Fantasia provides a provocative examination of the relationship between popular culture and classical tragedy. Making a persuasive argument for the lessons tragedy has to offer today's audiences, Fantasia examines five enduring works of theatre: Euripides' Medea, William Shakespeare's King Lear, Jean Racine's Phèdre, Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart; and Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. Fantasia discusses in detail each of these plays, framing them in a contemporary context that explores the suffering, responsibilReality television programsSocial aspectsUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesClassical dramaInfluenceReality television programsSocial aspectsPopular cultureClassical dramaInfluence.791.45/72Fantasia Louis1949-1519963MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792082003321Tragedy in the age of Oprah3758377UNINA