Electra

Batya Casper’s ELECTRA takes a deep dive into one of the most enduring female archetypes in the history of drama. Her thesis is that Electra’s strength as a woman developed as a manifestation of the psychosexual fears of male playwrights in ancient Greece, and she also brings up examples of medieval and modern twists on the formula. From Sophocles to Shakespeare, from Eliot to Pound, there’s a recurring element of misanthropy in all these creators, an element worth studying to better understand these creative psyches.