{"product_id":"hellenic-common","title":"Hellenic Common","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHellenic Common\u003c\/em\u003e argues that theatrical adaptations of Greek tragedy exemplify the functioning of a cosmopolitan cultural commonwealth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing plays by Femi Osofisan, Moira Buffini, Marina Carr, Colin Teevan, and Yael Farber, this book shows how contemporary adapters draw tragic and mythic material from a cultural common and remake those stories for modern audiences. Phillip Zapkin theorizes a political economy of adaptation, combining both a formal reading of adaptation as an aesthetic practice and a political reading of adaptation as a form of resistance. Drawing an ethical centre from Kwame Anthony Appiah’s work on cosmopolitanism and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s theory of the common, \u003cem\u003eHellenic Common \u003c\/em\u003eargues that Attic tragedy forms a cultural commonwealth from which dramatists the world over can rework, reimagine, and restage materials to envision aspirational new worlds through the arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study will be of great interest to students and scholars of drama, adaptation studies, literature, and neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254694367576,"sku":"9780367536466","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367536466.jpg?v=1769002241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hellenic-common","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}