Menander in Antiquity - The Contexts of Reception

Informationen zum Autor Sebastiana Nervegna is an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. Her work on the history and iconography of Greek theatre has appeared in journals, major collections of essays, companions and encyclopaedias. She is currently working on a monograph on the reception of classical tragedy in the Hellenistic period. Klappentext Reconstructs the ancient afterlife of Menander by focusing on three contexts of reception: public theatre, private entertainment and schools. Zusammenfassung Highly illustrated reconstruction of the afterlife of Menander and his plays throughout antiquity and the various social and cultural contexts in which his comedy operated. Employs a broad range of sources such as portraits! illustrations of his plays! papyri preserving their texts and inscriptions recording their public performances. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Canonizing Menander in Athens, Alexandria and Rome; 2. Menander in public theatres; 3. Menander at dinner parties; 4. Menander in schools; Conclusion: Menander, survival and loss.

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• Authors: Sebastiana Nervegna, Sebastiana (University of Sydney) Nervegna, Nervegna Sebastiana
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9781107004221
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00422-1
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval