Re-visioning myth
Subtitle: modern and contemporary drama by women
By: Frances Babbage
Publisher: Manchester Univ. Press; Manchester University Press; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780719067525
Subjects: European drama; Women authors; Mythology in literature; History and criticism
Description: "The first in-depth assessment of 're-vision' as a phenomenon in women's drama, examining the diverse ways in which classical myth narratives have been reworked by women playwrights for the European stage. This study explores the ideological and aesthetic potential of such practice and silmultaneously exposes the tensions inherent in attempts to challenge narratives that have fundamentally shaped western thought. From tracing the persistence of classical myths in contemporary culture and the significance of this in shaping gendered identities and opportunities, through to analysis of individual plays and productions, Babbage reveals how myths have served in the theatre as 'pretexts' for ideological debate, enabling exploration of the fragile borders between mythic and the everyday and how revision has been regarded, not unproblematically, as a route towards restructuring the self."--Publisher's Web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.