The Masks Of Menander
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The Masks of Menander
Author | : David Wiles |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2004-06-03 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 0521543525 |
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An examination of the conventions and techniques of the Greek theatre of Menander and subsequent Roman theatre.
Menander s Characters in Context
Author | : Stavroula Kiritsi |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2020-01-06 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781527544949 |
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Menander was renowned—and still is—for his naturalistic representations of character and emotion. However, times change, and our ideas of what is ‘natural’ change with them. To appreciate Menander’s art fully, we need to attune ourselves to the expectations of his time, and for this there is no better guide than Aristotle (along with his successor Theophrastus), who described and analysed notions of character and emotion in brilliant detail. This book examines the relevant observations of Aristotle, and explores two of Menander’s comedies in this light. It also discusses how these comedies, which have only been recovered in the past century, were adapted and performed on the Modern Greek stage, where tastes were different and Menander had been virtually unknown. The book’s comparison of the ancient originals and the modern versions sheds new light on both, as well as on cultural values then and now.
Menander New Comedy and the Visual
Author | : Antonis K. Petrides |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2014-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107068438 |
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This book shows how both verbal and visual allusion position the plays of New Comedy within the context of contemporary polis culture.
Behind the Mask
Author | : Angela M. Heap |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2019-06-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472528063 |
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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed. A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander's plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.
An Introduction to Menander
Author | : Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster |
Publsiher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Greek drama |
ISBN | : 0719005906 |
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New Theatre Quarterly 79 Volume 20 Part 3
Author | : Simon Trussler,Clive Barker |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2005-03-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521603285 |
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Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet.
Behind the Mask
Author | : Angela M. Heap |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2019-06-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472528094 |
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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed. A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander's plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.
Menander of Athens Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide
Author | : David Konstan |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2010-05 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9780199805198 |
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This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of the ancient world find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In classics, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is just one of many articles from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Classics, a continuously updated and growing online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through the scholarship and other materials relevant to the study of classics. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.