{"product_id":"revisioning-myth-9780719067525","title":"ReVisioning Myth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first in-depth assessment of myth '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. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelective yet impressively comprehensive . . . Highly recommended.\u003cbr\u003eJ. Artman, CHOICE May 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a valuable contribution to the study of female playwrights . . . Teachers and students will find this a strong resource with its discrete sections on each play but Babbage’s study also offers a more detailed and sophisticated critique for those seeking a deeper engagement with a book rich in literary and theoretical perspectives.\u003cbr\u003eGilli Bush-Bailey, Theatre Research International, volume 37 issue 03, October 2012\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The lie of the land\u003cbr\u003e    Theorising myth\u003cbr\u003e    Re-visioning myth\u003cbr\u003e    Staging myth: Hella Haasse’s A Thread in the Dark\u003cbr\u003e2. Political acts\u003cbr\u003e    Furiously funny: The Same Old Story and Medea, by Franca Rame and Dario Fo\u003cbr\u003e    ‘And she stopped the world’: Sarah Daniels’ Neaptide\u003cbr\u003e3. Out of character\u003cbr\u003e    Nothing sacred: Maureen Duffy’s Rites\u003cbr\u003e   ‘I don’t know what got into me’: Caryl Churchill’s and David Lan’s A Mouthful of Birds\u003cbr\u003e    Making silence speak: Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Love of the Nightingale:\u003cbr\u003e4. Stages of subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e  The voices within: Serena Sartori, Renata Coluccini and Demeter Beneath the Sand \u003cbr\u003e     Hélène Cixous and the scene of the unconscious: The Name of Oedipus: Song of the \u003cbr\u003e    Forbidden Body\u003cbr\u003e    The scene of history: Cixous’s The Perjured City, or the Awakening of the Furies\u003cbr\u003e 5. New directions\u003cbr\u003e    Shock treatment: Sarah Kane and Phaedra’s Love\u003cbr\u003e    ‘I’ve got the feeling we’ll be eternal’: Hrafnhildur Hagalín’s Easy Now, Electra\u003cbr\u003e     In pieces: Gilla Cremer’s m.e.d.e.a\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884269613399,"sku":"9780719067525","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revisioning-myth-9780719067525","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}