{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-greek-tragedy-paperback-9780521423519","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy (Paperback) 9780521423519","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book deals with the historical context of ancient Greek tragic performances, with the plays themselves, and with later adaptation and re-performance, down to modern times.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eP. E. Easterling (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521423519, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 October 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages, 33 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an innovative and authoritative work which not only is easily the and paedagogically most useful handbook for the study of this most influential of Greek cultural productions; in addition, the contributors all forward the restless debate on tragedy and its heritage as they delineate it'. The Anglo-Hellenic Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs a creative medium, ancient Greek tragedy has had an extraordinarily wide influence: many of the surviving plays are still part of the theatrical repertoire, and texts like Agamemnon, Antigone, and Medea have had a profound effect on Western culture. This Companion is not a conventional introductory textbook but an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the context of modern reading, criticism, and performance of Greek tragedy. There are three main emphases: on tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, on a range of different critical interpretations arising from fresh readings of the texts, and on changing patterns of reception, adaptation, and performance from antiquity to the present. Each chapter can be read independently, but each is linked with the others, and most examples are drawn from the same selection of plays.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Plan of the city of Athens\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Tragedy as an Institution: The Historical Context: 1. 'Deep plays': theatre as process in Greek civic life Paul Cartledge\u003cbr\u003e 2. A show for Dionysus P. E. Easterling\u003cbr\u003e 3. The audience of Athenian tragedy Simon Goldhill\u003cbr\u003e 4. The pictorial record Oliver Taplin\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Plays: 5. The sociology of Athenian tragedy Edith Hall\u003cbr\u003e 6. The language of tragedy: rhetoric and communication Simon Goldhill\u003cbr\u003e 7. Form and performance P. E. Easterling\u003cbr\u003e 8. Myth into mythos: the shaping of tragic plots Peter Burian\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Reception: 9. From repertoire to canon P. E. Easterling\u003cbr\u003e 10. Tragedy adapted for stages and screens: the Renaissance to the present Peter Burian\u003cbr\u003e 11. Tragedy in performance: nineteenth- and twentieth-century productions Fiona Macintosh\u003cbr\u003e 12. Modern critical approaches Simon Goldhill\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Texts, commentaries and translations\u003cbr\u003e Works cited\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45999619375384,"sku":"9780521423519","price":32.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521423519_72ba9884-08eb-468f-b73a-31ca76b9618d.gif?v=1691381487","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-greek-tragedy-paperback-9780521423519","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}