Screen LibraryA guide to ancient Greek drama
This Blackwell Guide provides a broad-ranging introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished principally in Athens from the sixth to the third century bc. All three genres of Greek drama are discussed - tragedy, comedy, and satyr play - as well as the five surviving playwrights - Aeschylus, S...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470776209 |
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This Blackwell Guide provides a broad-ranging introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished principally in Athens from the sixth to the third century bc. All three genres of Greek drama are discussed - tragedy, comedy, and satyr play - as well as the five surviving playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander, together with brief entries on lost playwrights. The Guide also addresses contextual issues, such as: the origins of the dramatic art forms; the conventions of the festivals, the theater, and the performers; the relationship between drama and the wo |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-304) and index. |
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1405137630 9781405137638 1281214248 9781281214249 9780470776209 047077620X |
| Index Number: | PA3131 |
| CLC: | I545.073 |
| Contents: | 1. Aspects of ancient Greek drama -- Drama -- The dramatic festivals -- Drama and Dionysos -- The theatrical space -- The performance -- Drama and the Polis -- 2. Greek tragedy -- On the nature of Greek tragedy -- Aeschylus -- Sophokles -- Euripides -- The other tragedians -- 3. The satyr-play -- 4. Greek comedy -- Origins -- Old Comedy -- The generations of Old Comedy -- Aristophanes -- Middle Comedy -- Menander and New Comedy -- 5. Approaching Greek drama -- Textual criticism and commentary -- New criticism -- Structuralism -- Myth and "version" -- Ritual and drama -- Psychoanalytic approa |