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Eroticism and death in theatre and performance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karoline Gritzner
| Eroticism and death in theatre and performance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karoline Gritzner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.2/9353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GritznerKaroline |
| Soggetto topico |
Drama - History and criticism
Eroticism in literature Death in the theater Theater - History Desire in art |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-907396-05-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction by Karoline Gritzner -- 1 Some Eros-Thanatos interfaces in Attic Tragedy by David Rudkin -- 2 Dying for love: the tragicomedy of Shakespeare's Cleopatra by Robert Wilcher -- 3 Desire and destruction in the drama of Georg Büchner by Karoline Gritzner -- 4 Labyrinths of the taboo: theatrical journeys of eroticism and death in Parisian culture by Richard J. Hand -- 5 The kiss of love and death: Eros and Thanatos in the opera by Dieter Borchmeyer -- 6 Eros/sex, death/murder: sensuality, homicide and culture in Musil, Brecht and the Neue Sachlichkeit by George Hunka -- 7 The living corpse: a metaphysic for theatre by Dic Edwards -- 8 Flirting with disaster by David Ian Rabey -- 9 Howard Barker's 'monstrous assaults': eroticism, death and the antique text by Graham Saunders -- 10 'Welcome to the house of fun': Eros, Thanatos, and the uncanny in grand illusions by Michael Mangan -- 11 Visions of Xs: experiencing La Fura dels Baus's XXX and Ron Athey's Solar Anus by Roberta Mock -- 12 La petite mort: erotic encounters in One to One performance by Rachel Zerihan -- 13 Saint Nick: a parallax view of Nick Cave by David Pattie -- 14 Afterword: The corpse and its sexuality by Howard Barker -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453652703321 |
| Hatfield, Hertfordshire, : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eroticism and death in theatre and performance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karoline Gritzner
| Eroticism and death in theatre and performance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karoline Gritzner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.2/9353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GritznerKaroline |
| Soggetto topico |
Drama - History and criticism
Eroticism in literature Death in the theater Theater - History Desire in art |
| ISBN | 1-907396-05-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction by Karoline Gritzner -- 1 Some Eros-Thanatos interfaces in Attic Tragedy by David Rudkin -- 2 Dying for love: the tragicomedy of Shakespeare's Cleopatra by Robert Wilcher -- 3 Desire and destruction in the drama of Georg Büchner by Karoline Gritzner -- 4 Labyrinths of the taboo: theatrical journeys of eroticism and death in Parisian culture by Richard J. Hand -- 5 The kiss of love and death: Eros and Thanatos in the opera by Dieter Borchmeyer -- 6 Eros/sex, death/murder: sensuality, homicide and culture in Musil, Brecht and the Neue Sachlichkeit by George Hunka -- 7 The living corpse: a metaphysic for theatre by Dic Edwards -- 8 Flirting with disaster by David Ian Rabey -- 9 Howard Barker's 'monstrous assaults': eroticism, death and the antique text by Graham Saunders -- 10 'Welcome to the house of fun': Eros, Thanatos, and the uncanny in grand illusions by Michael Mangan -- 11 Visions of Xs: experiencing La Fura dels Baus's XXX and Ron Athey's Solar Anus by Roberta Mock -- 12 La petite mort: erotic encounters in One to One performance by Rachel Zerihan -- 13 Saint Nick: a parallax view of Nick Cave by David Pattie -- 14 Afterword: The corpse and its sexuality by Howard Barker -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790780903321 |
| Hatfield, Hertfordshire, : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Messiahs and Machiavellians [[electronic resource] ] : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey
| Messiahs and Machiavellians [[electronic resource] ] : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey |
| Autore | Corey Paul <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.2/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
European drama - History and criticism
Evil in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-268-07681-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458591203321 |
Corey Paul <1968->
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| Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Messiahs and Machiavellians [[electronic resource] ] : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey
| Messiahs and Machiavellians [[electronic resource] ] : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey |
| Autore | Corey Paul <1968-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.2/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
European drama - History and criticism
Evil in literature |
| ISBN | 0-268-07681-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791692103321 |
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Corey Paul <1968->
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| Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Messiahs and Machiavellians : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey
| Messiahs and Machiavellians : depicting evil in the modern theatre / / Paul Corey |
| Autore | Corey Paul <1968-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.2/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
European drama - History and criticism
Good and evil in literature |
| ISBN |
9780268076818
0268076812 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND TEXTUAL NOTES -- Preface: Revaluating Modernity -- Introduction: Theatre and Evil in the Shadow of the "Death Event" -- Part 1: Evil inTwentieth-Century Theatre -- 1. Eschatology and the Absurd -- 2. The Gnostic Caesar -- 3. Messianism and the Age of Senility -- Epilogue -- Part 2: Evil in Renaissance Theatre -- 4. Expediency and the Machiavel -- 5. Evil and Virtue in Mandragola -- 6. The "Fantastical Duke of Dark Corners" -- Epilogue -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973626203321 |
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Corey Paul <1968->
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| Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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