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9780230608214

On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster

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    9780230608214

  • ISBN10:

    0230608213

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic.

Author Biography

Irene Eynat-Confino teaches in the Department of Theatre Studies, Tel-Aviv University. She is the author of Beyond the Mask: Gordon Craig, Movement, and the Actor and the coeditor of Space and the Postmodern Stage and Patronage, Spectacle, and the Stage.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
The Infernal Machinep. 5
The Sphinxp. 25
Laius, Tiresias, and Jocastap. 45
Oedipusp. 57
Dramatic Strategies and Stratagemsp. 77
Cocteau and His Monsterp. 93
Visibility, Invisibility, and the Fantasticp. 111
Ethics, Alterity, and Designed Emotionp. 137
Notesp. 153
Selected Bibliographyp. 177
Indexp. 195
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