Screen LibraryA companion to Greek tragedy
"A Companion to Greek Tragedy" provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. The volume comprises 31 essays written by an internationa...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470996676 |
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"A Companion to Greek Tragedy" provides readers with a fundamental grounding in Greek tragedy and also introduces them to the various methodologies and the lively critical dialogue that characterize the study of Greek tragedy today. The volume comprises 31 essays written by an international cohort of scholars. The essays are organized into four sections. The opening section on Contexts surveys Greek tragedy's historical, religious, political, and artistic background. A section on Elements follows, examining the genre's structural components. A section on Approaches presents a series of essays exemplifying particular lines of enquiry; and the final section on Reception traces the interpretative tradition from ancient to modern times. Throughout the volume, all ancient Greek is transliterated and translated, and technical terms are explained as they appear, making the Companion accessible to those without detailed knowledge of the language or the genre. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xviii, 552 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-539) and index. |
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9780470996676 0470996676 9781405165884 140516588X 9781405175494 1405175494 1405152052 9781405152051 |
| Index Number: | PA3131 |
| CLC: | I545.073 |
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Fifth-century Athenian history and tragedy / Tragedy and religion: the problem of origins / Dithyramb, comedy, and satyr-play / Tragedy's teaching / Tragedy and the early Greek philosophical tradition / Tragedy, rhetoric, and performance culture / Pictures of tragedy? / Myth / Beginnings and endings / Lyric / Episodes / Music / Theatrical production / Aeschylean tragedy / Sophoclean tragedy / Euripidean tragedy / Lost tragedies: a survey / Tragedy and anthropology / Values / The gods / Authority figures / Women's voices / Marginal figures / Text and transmission / Learning from suffering: ancient responses to tragedy / Polis and empire: Greek tragedy in Rome / Italian reception of Greek tragedy and the tragic / Greek tragedy and western perceptions of actors and acting / The theater of innumerable faces / Justice in translation: rendering ancient Greek tragedy / |