Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) (Hersteller)
978-1-4443-1803-6 (ISBN)
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Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater examines actors and their popular reception from the origins of theater in Classical Greece to the Roman Empire Presents a highly original viewpoint into several new and contested fields of study Offers the first systematic survey of evidence for the spread of theater outside Athens and the impact of the expansion of theater upon actors and dramatic literature Addresses a study of the privatization of theater and reveals how it was driven by political interests Challenges preconceived notions about theater history
Eric Csapo is Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Sydney, Australia. An expert in ancient drama and in the material, social and economic history of the ancient theatre, Csapo is the author of Theories of Mythology (Blackwell 2005) and, with W. J. Slater, Context of Ancient Drama (1995). Along with P. Wilson, Csapo is currently preparing a three-volume social and economic history of the classical Greek theatre (500-300 BC).
A Note on Spelling and Transliteration Preface Chapter 1: A Portrait of the Artist I: Theatre-Realistic Art in Athens, 500-330 BC Chapter 2: A Portrait of the Artist II: Theatre-Realistic Art in the Greek West, 400-300 BC Chapter 3: The Spread of Theater and the Rise of the Actor Chapter 4: Kallippides on the Floor Sweepings: The Limits of Realism in Ancient Acting Chapter 5: Cooking with Menander: Slices from the Ancient Home Entertainment Industry? Chapter 6: The Politics of Privatization: A Short History of the Privatization of Drama from Classical Athens to Early Imperial Rome Abbreviations Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.1.2010 |
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| Verlagsort | Chicester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 512 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4443-1803-9 / 1444318039 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4443-1803-6 / 9781444318036 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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