Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009097585/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 36 of
36
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract ""The different ways in which Greek tragedy has been used by playwrights, directors and others to represent and define African American history and identity are explored in this work. Two models are offered for an Afro-Greek connection: Black Orpheus, in which the Greek connection is metaphorical, expressing the African in terms of the European; and Black Athena, in which ancient Greek culture is "reclaimed" as part of an Afrocentric tradition. African American adaptations of Greek tragedy on the continuum of these two models are then discussed, and plays by Peter Sellars, Adrienne Kennedy, Lee Breuer, Rita Dove, Jim Magnuson, Ernest Ferlita, Steve Carter, Silas Jones, Rhodessa Jones and Derek Walcott are analyzed."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12809670.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""The different ways in which Greek tragedy has been used by playwrights, directors and others to represent and define African American history and identity are explored in this work. Two models are offered for an Afro-Greek connection: Black Orpheus, in which the Greek connection is metaphorical, expressing the African in terms of the European; and Black Athena, in which ancient Greek culture is "reclaimed" as part of an Afrocentric tradition. African American adaptations of Greek tragedy on the continuum of these two models are then discussed, and plays by Peter Sellars, Adrienne Kennedy, Lee Breuer, Rita Dove, Jim Magnuson, Ernest Ferlita, Steve Carter, Silas Jones, Rhodessa Jones and Derek Walcott are analyzed."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : Greek tragedy and the African diaspora -- Black Athena meets Black Orpheus ; three models of the Afro-Greek connection -- Afro(American)centric classicism and African American theatre -- Ancient plays in a new world : multicultural currents -- Black Medea -- Mediterranean/Caribbean, or Odysseus looks for home -- Conclusion : Black Dionysus, or Athenian-African American theatre.".
- catalog extent "ix, 262 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Black Dionysus.".
- catalog identifier "0786415452 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Black Dionysus.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.,".
- catalog relation "Black Dionysus.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "812.009/896073 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "African Americans in literature.".
- catalog subject "American drama (Tragedy) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American drama African American authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American drama Greek influences.".
- catalog subject "Comparative literature American and Greek.".
- catalog subject "Comparative literature Greek and American.".
- catalog subject "Greek drama (Tragedy) Appreciation United States.".
- catalog subject "Greek drama (Tragedy) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Comparative American and Greek.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Comparative Greek and American.".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Greek, in literature.".
- catalog subject "PS338.N4 W48 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : Greek tragedy and the African diaspora -- Black Athena meets Black Orpheus ; three models of the Afro-Greek connection -- Afro(American)centric classicism and African American theatre -- Ancient plays in a new world : multicultural currents -- Black Medea -- Mediterranean/Caribbean, or Odysseus looks for home -- Conclusion : Black Dionysus, or Athenian-African American theatre.".
- catalog title "Black Dionysus : Greek tragedy and African American theatre / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".