Greek Fragments in Postmodern Frames: Rewriting Tragedy 1970-2005

Author:   Eleftheria Ioannidou (Lecturer in Theatre/Performance, Lecturer in Drama, University of Birmingham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   208
Publication Date:   12 January 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Greek Fragments in Postmodern Frames: Rewriting Tragedy 1970-2005


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Author:   Eleftheria Ioannidou (Lecturer in Theatre/Performance, Lecturer in Drama, University of Birmingham)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780199664115


ISBN 10:   0199664110
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   12 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Frontmatter Author's Note 0: Introduction: Tragic (Trans)formations: Greek Tragedy and Postmodernism 1: Tragedy and Modern Critical Debate 2: Viewing through the Frames of Tragedy 3: Tragic Absences and Metatheatrical Performances 4: From Author-God to Textual Communion 5: Textual Fragments and Sexual Politics 6: Conclusion Endmatter Bibliography Index

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Whether or not the reader has a stake in the Marxist dispute into which the author wades, they will find much of value in the sophisticated readings presented here. Anyone interested in contemporary performance theory will find a fascinating overview. --Ella Haselswerdt, Bryn Mawr Classical Review


Whether or not the reader has a stake in the Marxist dispute into which the author wades, they will find much of value in the sophisticated readings presented here. Anyone interested in contemporary performance theory will find a fascinating overview. * Ella Haselswerdt, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *


Author Information

Eleftheria Ioannidou is a Lecturer in Theatre/Performance at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She previously held a Humboldt Research Fellowship at the Freie Universität, Berlin from 2010 until 2012 and a lectureship in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham from 2012 until 2016. She studied theatre in Athens and at Royal Holloway, London, and read for a doctorate at the University of Oxford, working on the adaptation of Greek tragic texts and postmodernism. Her research is concerned with the reception of Greek tragedy in twentieth-century theatre and theory, with a particular focus in her current work on the performance of Greek tragedy and the use of ancient theatre spaces under fascist regimes in inter-war Europe.

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