The Classics in the American Theater of the 1960s and Early 1970s

by Marianthe Colakis

This book traces modern versions and adaptations of Greek tragedies in the recent past. The author provides a survey of the most significant and characteristic drama and shows how classically-based dramas reflected the chaotic decade in which they had been written, both through their form and the artist's vision they depicted. After the culture of the 1950s had embraced Freudian language and comfort so readily, the departure from this norm in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819189723
• ISBN13: 9780819189721
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"