Athenian Tragedy in Performance
A Guide to Contemporary Studies and Historical Debates
Will be published approx. on 1. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-60938-231-5 (ISBN)
Description
Foregrounding critical questions about the tension between the study of drama as literature versus the study of performance, Melinda Powers investigates the methodological problems that arise in some of the latest research on ancient Greek theatre. She examines key issues and debates about the fifth-century theatrical space, audience, chorus, performance style, costuming, properties, gesture, and mask, and aims to understand her subject better by exploring the shared historical problems that all scholars confront as they interpret and explain Athenian tragedy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
15 black and white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60938-231-5 (9781609382315)
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Melinda Powers lives in New York City, where she is an assistant professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Combining her interests in historiography, performance theory, and ancient and contemporary theatre, she has published articles on the adaptation and production of ancient Greek drama. Athenian Tragedy in Performance is her first book.