Interrogating Antigone in Postmodern Philosophy and Criticism

By Audronė Žukauskaitė and S.E. Wilmer

Antigone has become a major figure in current cultural discourse thanks to the late twentieth-century interpretations by such controversial theorists as Lacan, Derrida, Irigaray, Zizek, and Judith Butler. This collection of articles by distinguished scholars from a variety of intellectual disciplines (including philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism, theatre, and the classics) provides a postmodern perspective on the ethical and political issues raised by this ancient text and recent theatrical productions. The contributors provide an array of perspectives on a female figure who questions the role of the patriarchal state.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019955921X
• ISBN13: 9780199559213
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"