Electra : a gender sensitive study of the plays based on the myth / Batya Casper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laks, Batya Casper, 1942- author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--Greek influences.

Literature, Modern.

Electra (Greek mythological figure)--In literature.

Electra.

Drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Drama.

Greek drama--History and criticism.

Greek drama.

Electra (Greek mythological figure).

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 221 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"Shakespeare's Hamlet follows a narrative pattern similar to that of the Greek Electra myth. We see signs of Electra's influence again in 20th-century works. This revised edition looks at the influence of Electra on popular culture throughout history and the questions it poses regarding oppositions such as logic versus instinct, night versus day and repression versus freedom"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I. Prehistory. Aeschylus: The Libation Bearers (458 B.C.)

II. Sophocles: Electra (409 B.C.)

III. Euripides: Electra (ca. 400 B.C.). Euripides: Orestes (408 B.C.)

IV. Shakespeare: Hamlet (1601)

V. Electra: Play of Ambivalence. Oscar Wilde: Salome (1905). Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Electra (1903). Richard Strauss: Elektra (1909). Eugene O'Neill: Mourning Becomes Electra (1931). Jean Giraudoux: Electra (1937). Robinson Jeffers: The Tower Beyond Tragedy (1937)

VI. Jean-Paul Sartre: Les Mouches (1942). Ezra Pound: Electra (1951). Jack Richardson: The Prodigal (1960). Adrienne Kennedy: Electra and Orestes (1980). Heiner Muller: Hamlet-Machine (1984)

VII. T.S. Eliot: The Family Reunion (1939). Sam Shepard: Curse of the Starving Class (1978).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781476676746

1476676747

OCLC:

1097461498