"This volume presents a survey of the reception of Greek myths - including Antigone, Medea, the Trojan cycle, and Alcestis - in Brazilian literature and stage performance. The collection addresses the work of many innovative authors, some of them great names of Brazilian literature, such as Jorge Andrade and Nelson Rodrigues, who are influential in this specific area of classical reception and well known by modern audiences. This unique volume is the product of collaboration of many scholars with different affiliations ...
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"This volume presents a survey of the reception of Greek myths - including Antigone, Medea, the Trojan cycle, and Alcestis - in Brazilian literature and stage performance. The collection addresses the work of many innovative authors, some of them great names of Brazilian literature, such as Jorge Andrade and Nelson Rodrigues, who are influential in this specific area of classical reception and well known by modern audiences. This unique volume is the product of collaboration of many scholars with different affiliations under the coordination of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte), two of the most prestigious universities in Brazil for the study of Classical and Reception Studies. Contributors are: Ad�elia Silva Carvalho, Alexandre Costa, Alice Carvalho Diniz Leite, Ana Grossi Ara�ujo, Andreia Garavello, Ant�onio Carlos Hirsh, Carlinda Fragale Pate Nu�nez, Carlos Eduardo Lima Gomes, Carlos Morais, Delfim Le�ao, F�abio Viana, Felipe Cordeiro, Fernando Santoro Moreira, Fl�avia Vieira Resende, Francisca Luciana Sousa da Silva, Gilson Moraes Mota, Jorge Deserto, Kathrin Rosenfield, Lawrence Flores Pereira, Lu�isa Severo Buarque de Holanda, Manuela Ribeiro Barbosa, Marcos Ant�onio Alexandre, Maria Ant�onio H�orster, Maria de F�atima Silva, Marina Pelluci Duarte Mortoza, Orlando Luiz de Ara�ujo, Renato C�andido da Silva, Sara del Carmen Rojo de la Rosa, S�onia Aparecida dos Anjos, Tereza Virg�inia Barbosa, Vanessa Ribeiro Brand�ao"--
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