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Roman Theater and Society
Author | : William J. Slater |
Publsiher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472107216 |
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A thought-provoking and timeless volume, presenting Roman theater as the voice of the common citizen
Roman Drama
Author | : Gesine Manuwald |
Publsiher | : Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-06-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0715638696 |
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Roman drama is a genre of Latin literature that was influential both in the cultural life of the ancient Romans and in the European theatre tradition. Plays of Plautus, Terence and Seneca are still very well known today; yet there were numerous works by other poets besides, though they survive only in fragmentary form. On the basis of a selection of paradigmatic sample texts by a number of Roman dramatists, this anthology provides a stimulating overview of the entire literary genre, including its various subtypes (tragedy, praetexta, comedy, togata, mime) and its historical development. To make these texts accessible to a wide readership, new English translations (on facing pages) as well as introductions to the individual excerpts and to the general context have been included. A selection of relevant testimonia provides information about the cultural background to Roman drama and ancient views on this literary genre. Paradigmatic extracts from dramas written in England between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries illustrate the continuing influence of Roman plays. Thus this anthology conveniently documents the history of an interesting and exciting literary genre from its beginnings to the modern period.
Roman Theatre
Author | : Timothy J. Moore |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2012-05-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780521138185 |
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts.
Roman Tragedy
Author | : Anthony J. Boyle |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2014-05-12 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781134696857 |
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The first detailed cultural and theatrical history of a major literary form, this landmark introduction examines Roman tragedy and its place at the centre of Rome’s cultural and political life. Analyzing the work of such names as Ennius, Pacuvius and Accius, as well as Seneca and his post-Neronian successors, Anthony J. Boyle delves into detailed discussion on every Roman tragedian whose work survives in substance today. Roman Tragedy examines: the history of Roman tragic techniques and conventions the history of generic form and change the debt that Rome owes to Greece, and text owes to text the birth, development and death of Roman tragedy in the context of the cities evolving, institutions, ideologies and political and social practices tragedy proper and the historical drama (fabula praetexta), which the Romans allied to tragedy. With parallel English translations of Latin quotations, this seminal work not only provides an invaluable resource for students of theatre, Roman political history and cultural history, but it is also accessible to all interested in the social dynamics of writing, spectacle, ideology and power.
Women in Roman Republican Drama
Author | : Dorota Dutsch,Sharon L. James,David Konstan |
Publsiher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2015-04-27 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780299303143 |
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About the role of women in Roman Republican plays of all genres, and about the role of gender in the influence of this on later dramatists
Roman Drama and its Contexts
Author | : Stavros Frangoulidis,Stephen J. Harrison,Gesine Manuwald |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 2016-03-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9783110455588 |
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Roman plays have been well studied individually (even including fragmentary or spurious ones more recently). However, they have not always been placed into their ‘context’, though plays (just like items in other literary genres) benefit from being seen in context. This edited collection aims to address this issue: it includes 33 contributions by an international team of scholars, discussing single plays or Roman dramatic genres (including comedy, tragedy and praetexta, from both the Republican and imperial periods) in contexts such as the literary tradition, the relationship to works in other literary genres, the historical and social situation, the intellectual background or the later reception. Overall, they offer a rich panorama of the role of Roman drama or individual plays in Roman society and literary history. The insights gained thereby will be of relevance to everyone interested in Roman drama or literature more generally, comparative literature or drama and theatre studies. This contextual approach has the potential of changing the way in which Roman drama is viewed.
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre
Author | : Marianne McDonald,Michael Walton |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2007-05-31 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781139827256 |
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This series of essays by prominent academics and practitioners investigates in detail the history of performance in the classical Greek and Roman world. Beginning with the earliest examples of 'dramatic' presentation in the epic cycles and reaching through to the latter days of the Roman Empire and beyond, this 2007 Companion covers many aspects of these broad presentational societies. Dramatic performances that are text-based form only one part of cultures where presentation is a major element of all social and political life. Individual chapters range across a two thousand year timescale, and include specific chapters on acting traditions, masks, properties, playing places, festivals, religion and drama, comedy and society, and commodity, concluding with the dramatic legacy of myth and the modern media. The book addresses the needs of students of drama and classics, as well as anyone with an interest in the theatre's history and practice.
The Faber Pocket Guide to Greek and Roman Drama
Author | : John Burgess |
Publsiher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2014-11-20 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780571318803 |
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An essential, refreshingly accessible guide to Greek and Roman drama containing entries for forty plays by all the major dramatists in the classical world - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence and Seneca. Features include: · Playwright biographies · Synopses and detailed commentary · Advice on the best translations available · A survey of the ancient theatre and its social and political background. Written by John Burgess, freelance director and former Head of New Writing at the National Theatre, this book is an indispensable resource for the theatregoer, student and general reader.