On the Uses of the Fantastic in Modern Theatre

Cocteau, Oedipus, and the Monster

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by Irene Eynat-Confino

Type

Studies

Subject

Director > Jean Cocteau

Keywords

Jean Cocteau, fantasy, theater

Publishing date

2008

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Collection

Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 205 pages
5 ½ x 8 ¼ inches (14 x 21 cm)

ISBN

978-0-230-60821-4

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Book Presentation:
The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic.

About the Author:
IRENE EYNAT-CONFINO is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Press Reviews:
"Who are the monsters in Jean Cocteau s Infernal Machine ? Eynat-Confino s absorbing study gives us all facets of this central theme of Cocteau s modern classic and the ways monstrosity relates to Cocteau s self image as homosexual and poet. A must read for readers interested in Cocteau, modern French theater, and gender and gay studies. " - John M Clum, Professor of Theater Studies and English Duke University and author of Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama and Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture

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