On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre

Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster

Gebonden Engels 2008 9780230608214
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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.

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ISBN13:9780230608214
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction The Infernal Machine The Sphinx Laius, Tiresias, and Jocasta Oedipus Dramatic Strategies and Stratagems Cocteau and his Monster Visibility, Invisibility, and the Fantastic Ethics, Alterity, and Designed Emotion

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