Author: Philip Whaley HarshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical drama
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A Handbook of Classical Drama
Author: Philip Whaley HarshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical drama
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Crowell's Handbook of Classical Drama
Author: Richmond Yancey HathornPublisher: New York : Crowell
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Alphabetically arranged, the volume contains entries on classical plays and playwrights; theatrical conventions; persons (real or mythical) and places mentioned; and terms used. Entries for the plays include historical data, lists of translations, summaries, and critical commentaries. Information from ancient sources on fragmentary and lost plays is included.
A Handbook of Classical Drama
Author: Philip Whaley HarshThe handbook of classical drama
Author: Richmond Y. HathornPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comedy and tragedy
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama
Author: Betine van Zyl SmitPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118347765
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day. Represents the first volume to offer a complete overview of the reception of ancient drama from antiquity to the present Covers the translation, transmission, performance, production, and adaptation of Greek tragedy from the time the plays were first created in ancient Athens through the 21st century Features overviews of the history of the reception of Greek drama in most countries of the world Includes chapters covering the reception of Greek drama in modern opera and film
Living Greek Theatre
Author: J. M. WaltonPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
While there is clearly no dearth of material on Greek theatre, until now no systematic effort has been made to integrate the Classical tradition with our modern perceptions and adaptations of it. Professor Walton's unique guide to Greek drama takes on this task, bringing together a wealth of information on Athenian tragedy and comedy as performed and appreciated in its own time and as embodied on the modern stage. The introductory section highlights some of the characteristic features of Greek tragedy and comedy and suggests how and under what conditions plays were first performed. The following section consists of analyses of the thirty-three surviving plays attributed to Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Each essay provides information on dates, characters, size of roles, and plot, together with an assessment of staging problems and a review of dramatic and theatrical qualities. The section concludes with a discussion of the influence of Greek tragic tradition on Roman drama.
A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe
Author: Zara Martirosova TorlonePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111883271X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe is the first comprehensive English ]language study of the reception of classical antiquity in Eastern and Central Europe. This groundbreaking work offers detailed case studies of thirteen countries that are fully contextualized historically, locally, and regionally. The first English-language collection of research and scholarship on Greco-Roman heritage in Eastern and Central Europe Written and edited by an international group of seasoned and up-and-coming scholars with vast subject-matter experience and expertise Essays from leading scholars in the field provide broad insight into the reception of the classical world within specific cultural and geographical areas Discusses the reception of many aspects of Greco-Roman heritage, such as prose/philosophy, poetry, material culture Offers broad and significant insights into the complicated engagement many countries of Eastern and Central Europe have had and continue to have with Greco-Roman antiquity
Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama
Author: Helaine SmithPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313036705
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Aeschylus' Oresteia, Sophocles' Oedipus plays, Euripides' Medea and Bacchae, and Aristophanes' Birds and Lysistrata are discussed in this lively and scholarly volume. The author's experience teaching these plays to gifted high school students makes this volume particularly useful. The drama festivals, the adaptations of myth, the relevance of Aristotelian criteria, and the political and cultural background of each play are described fully, and the nature of tragedy and comedy, plot construction, stagecraft, theme, character, imagery and individual odes and speeches are analyzed in depth. The 5th century BC witnessed the flourishing of Athenian culture and was one of the most influential periods in history. The achievements of the Greeks at that time forever shaped our political and legal institutions and provided the foundation for Western civilization. At the same time, the world of the Greeks is distant and exotic to contemporary students. The values and beliefs of the Greeks are best represented in the plays that were crafted at that time, and these works continue to be widely read and studied. This book is a valuable introduction to ancient Greek drama. Designed for high school students, undergraduates, and their teachers, this work describes the origins and physical aspects of ancient Greek theatre, discusses Aristotle's Poetics, and analyzes, in ten separate chapters, ten frequently studied Greek plays: Aeschylus' Oresteia, Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, Euripides' Medea and Bacchae and Aristophanes' Birds and Lysistrata. For each there is cultural, political and mythological background, plot synopsis, and analysis of overall structure and important scenes, speeches and odes. The Aristophanes chapters explore comic method and all chapters discuss theme and stagecraft in depth.
The Facts On File Companion to Classical Drama
Author: John E. ThorburnPublisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816052028
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Alphabetically arranged entries provide reference information regarding ancient Greek and Roman plays and playwrights, as well as figures from classical mythology and common dramatic themes.
The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas
Author: Kathryn BosherPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191637335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas is the first edited collection to discuss the performance of Greek drama across the continents and archipelagos of the Americas from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. The study and interpretation of the classics have never been restricted by geographical or linguistic boundaries but, in the case of the Americas, long colonial histories have often imposed such boundaries arbitrarily. This volume tracks networks across continents and oceans and uncovers the ways in which the shared histories and practices in the performance arts in the Americas have routinely defied national boundaries. With contributions from classicists, Latin American specialists, theatre and performance theorists, and historians, the Handbook also includes interviews with key writers, including Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Charles Mee, and Anne Carson, and leading theatre directors such as Peter Sellars, Carey Perloff, Héctor Daniel-Levy, and Heron Coelho. This richly illustrated volume seeks to define the complex contours of the reception of Greek drama in the Americas, and to articulate how these different engagements - at local, national, or trans-continental levels, as well as across borders - have been distinct both from each other, and from those of Europe and Asia.