Tragedy in the age of Oprah [[electronic resource] ] : essays on five great plays / / Louis Fantasia
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Fantasia Louis <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Tragedy in the age of Oprah [[electronic resource] ] : essays on five great plays / / Louis Fantasia
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.45/72 |
| Soggetto topico: | Reality television programs - Social aspects - United States |
| Popular culture - United States | |
| Classical drama - Influence | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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, responsibil |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Tragedy in the age of Oprah |
| ISBN: | 1-299-25155-2 |
| 0-8108-8509-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792082003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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