A companion to Greek tragedy / edited by Justina Gregory.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gregory, Justina.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Physical Description:

xviii, 552 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Blackwell 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. Comprises 31 original essays by an international cast of contributors, including up-and-coming as well as distinguished senior scholars Pays attention to socio-political, textual, and performance aspects of Greek tragedy All ancient Greek is transliterated and translated, and technical terms are explained as they appear Includes suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and a generous and informative combined bibliography.

Contents:

Intro

A COMPANION TO GREEK TRAGEDY

Contents

List of Illustrations

Note on Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Editions

Part I Contexts

1 Fifth-Century Athenian History and Tragedy

2 Tragedy and Religion: The Problem of Origins

3 Dithyramb, Comedy, and Satyr-Play

4 Tragedy's Teaching

5 Tragedy and the Early Greek Philosophical Tradition

6 Tragedy, Rhetoric, and Performance Culture

7 Pictures of Tragedy?

Part II Elements

8 Myth

9 Beginnings and Endings

10 Lyric

11 Episodes

12 Music

13 Theatrical Production

Part III Approaches

14 Aeschylean Tragedy

15 Sophoclean Tragedy

16 Euripidean Tragedy

17 Lost Tragedies: A Survey

18 Tragedy and Anthropology

19 Values

20 The Gods

21 Authority Figures

22 Women's Voices

23 Marginal Figures

Part IV Reception

24 Text and Transmission

25 Learning from Suffering: Ancient Responses to Tragedy

26 Polis and Empire: Greek Tragedy in Rome

27 Italian Reception of Greek Tragedy

28 Nietzsche on Greek Tragedy and the Tragic

29 Greek Tragedy and Western Perceptions of Actors and Acting

30 The Theater of Innumerable Faces

31 Justice in Translation: Rendering Ancient Greek Tragedy

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-539) and index.

ISBN:

9786610285914

9781405165884

140516588X

9781782685906

1782685901

9781280285912

1280285915

9780470795835

0470795832

9780470996676

0470996676

9781405152051

1405152052

OCLC:

184983651