Description
Exploring a range of topics, including Greek tragedy, Shakespearean theater, contemporary British plays, opera, and the theatricality of Parisian culture, this compilation provides new perspectives on the relationship between Eros and Death in a series of dramatic texts, theatrical practices, and cultural performances. Detailed and analytical, these informative essays demonstrate how changing attitudes towards sexuality and death-opposed but entangled passions-were reflected in theater throughout the course of history. Psychoanalytical and philosophical models are also referenced in this work that features essays from dramatists Dic Edwards, David Ian Rabey, and David Rudkin.
About the Author
Karoline Gritzner is a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Aberystwyth. Her research interests include contemporary British and Irish Drama, Modern European Theatre, Gender and Sexuality, Aesthetics and Critical Theory. In 2004 she co-organised a symposium on 'Theatrical Aesthetics of Eroticism and Death' at Aberystwyth University.
Book Information
ISBN 9781902806921
Author Karoline Gritzner
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint University of Hertfordshire Press
Publisher University of Hertfordshire Press
Weight(grams) 490g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 13mm
