On the uses of the fantastic in modern theatre : Cocteau, Oedipus, and the monster /

On the uses of the fantastic in modern theatre : Cocteau, Oedipus, and the monster /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Eynat-Confino, Irène.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Description:	198 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
Subject:	Cocteau, Jean, -- 1889-1963. -- Machine infernal. Theater -- Philosophy. Fantastic, The, in literature. Fantasy drama -- History and criticism. Fantastic, The, in literature. Fantasy drama. Theater -- Philosophy. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7542002

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ISBN:	9780230608214 (hbk.) 0230608213 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-194) and index.
Summary:	"In this innovative reading, Irene Eynat-Confino offers an explanation for the higher effectiveness of the fantastic in theatre. Taking Cocteau's masterpiece The Infernal Machine as a case study, she also reveals that when the fantastic is introduced within a realistic context, it encodes and conveys unconventional notions. The book addresses such issues as identity, the Oedipus myth and Freud, homosexuality and homophobia, marginality, and the role of the artist in society"--Publisher's website.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Infernal Machine
2. The Sphinx
3. Laius, Tiresias, and Jocasta
4. Oedipus
5. Dramatic Strategies and Stratagems
6. Cocteau and His Monster
7. Visibility, Invisibility, and the Fantastic
8. Ethics, Alterity, and Designed Emotion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index