Hedda Gabler ; & Sirens : Elektra in Bosnia /
In Hedda Gabler, a moving exploration of female oppression, a recently married Hedda navigates her new identity as a wife and the intense constraints put on her by society. She prefers pistols to cooking and cares not for raising a family. As Hedda fights against the pressures of her new life and he...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Playwrights Canada Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In Hedda Gabler, a moving exploration of female oppression, a recently married Hedda navigates her new identity as a wife and the intense constraints put on her by society. She prefers pistols to cooking and cares not for raising a family. As Hedda fights against the pressures of her new life and her own neuroses, she comes to terms with an untimely choice. Sirens: Elektra in Bosnia is a gripping story about the horrors of collective and personal wars as a family torn apart by death and destruction becomes their own worst enemy. When a deal between Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus goes awry, Iphigenia becomes the blood sacrifice leading to truths her sister Elektra can no longer hide from. Against the backdrop of a family drama, Judith Thompson gives voice to the women who were silenced during the Bosnian War, examining a cultural trauma and its place in our collective history. |
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| Item Description: | Adaptations of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen and Electra by Sophocles. |
| Physical Description: | ii, 182 pages : portrait ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781770917545 1770917543 |