Beyond the fifth century : interactions with Greek tragedy from the fourth century BCE to the Middle Ages / edited by Ingo Gildenhard and Martin Revermann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gildenhard, Ingo, 1970-

Revermann, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation--History.

Classical literature--Greek influences.

Classical literature.

Literature, Medieval--Greek influences.

Literature, Medieval.

Intertextuality.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Beyond the 5th century

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction / Ingo Gildenhard and Martin Revermann

The classical tragedians, from Athenion idols to wandering poets / Johanna Hanink

Situating the gaze of the recipient(s) : theatre-related vase paintings and their contexts of reception / Martin Revermann

Changing contexts : tragedy in the civic and cultural life of Hellenistic city-states / Paola Ceccarelli

Buskins & SPQR : Roman receptions of Greek tragedy / Ingo Gildenhard

Dionysiac theme and dramatic allusion in Ovid's Metamorphoses 4 / Alison Keith

"I'm a celebrity, get me out of here" : the reception of Euripedes' Iphigenia among the Taurians in Ovid's exile poetry / Jennifer Ingleheart

Drama and epic narrative : the test case of messenger speech in Seneca's Agamemnon / Annette M. Baertschi

Seneca and pantomime / Alessandra Zanobi

A sophist's drama : Lucian and classical tragedy / Thomas Schmitz

Christians and the theater / Timothy Barnes

The tragedy of the middle ages / Carol Symes

Adventures in recording technology : the drama-as-performance in the Greek east / Andrew White

Whipping Jesus devoutly : the dramaturgy of catharsis and the Christian idea of tragic form.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110223774

3110223775

9783110223781

3110223783

OCLC:

620820425