| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in Theatre History and Culture
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Studies in theatre history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theatrical Space; 2. Audience; 3. The Chorus, Music, Movement, and Dance; 4. Performance Style; 5. Costuming and Properties; 6. Gesture and Mask; Notes; Works Cited; Index. |
| Summary |
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, but instead of presenting a new argument on these topics, Powers aims to understand her subject better by exploring the shared historical problems that all scholars confront as they interpr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Literature.
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Literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Powers, Melinda. Athenian Tragedy in Performance. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2014 9781609382315 |
| ISBN |
9781609382575 (electronic book) |
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1609382579 (electronic book) |
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9781609382315 |
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1609382315 |
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