Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage
- ISBN-10
- 0199586195
- ISBN-13
- 9780199586196
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 469
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-06-16
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Authors
- Helene P. Foley, Erin B. Mee
Description
Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.
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