Tragedy in the age of Oprah : essays on five great plays / Louis Fantasia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantasia, Louis, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reality television programs--Social aspects--United States.

Reality television programs.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Classical drama--Influence.

Classical drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Tragedy in the Age of Oprah: Essays on Five Great Plays, Louis Fantasia provides a provocative examination of the relationship between popular culture and classical tragedy. Making a persuasive argument for the lessons tragedy has to offer today's audiences, Fantasia examines five enduring works of theatre: Euripides' Medea, William Shakespeare's King Lear, Jean Racine's Phèdre, Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart; and Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. Fantasia discusses in detail each of these plays, framing them in a contemporary context that explores the suffering, responsibil

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction; 1 Medea Lives in Texas; 2 King Lear or Survivor?; 3 Prozac for Phèdre; 4 Mary Stuart, Passion's Martyr; 5 Long Day's Journey into Night; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-299-25155-2

0-8108-8509-3

OCLC:

850198880