Poet, public, and performance in Ancient Greece / edited by Lowell Edmunds and Robert W. Wallace ; with a preface by Maurizio Bettini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edmunds, Lowell.

Wallace, Robert W., 1950-

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Literature and society--Greece--History.

Literature and society.

Performing arts--Greece--History.

Performing arts.

Theater--Greece--History.

Theater.

History.

Greece.

Oral tradition--Greece.

Oral tradition.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1997]

Summary:

Poetry in archaic and classical Greece was a practical art, arising from specific social or political circumstances. The interpretation of a poem or drama must therefore be viewed in the context of its performance. This book brings together a distinguished group of contributors to reconstruct the performance context of a wide array of works, including the epic poem, tragedy, lyric, elegy, and proverbs.

Notes:

Chiefly papers originally presented at a conference entitled "Poeta, pubblico e performance" and sponsored by the American Academy in Rome on Feb. 11, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-167).

ISBN:

0801855756

OCLC:

36225307