Performance, Iconography, Reception - Studies in Honour of Oliver Taplin

Zusatztext Literary scholarship has sometimes been accused of turning a blind eye to the realities of politics and power, but this and other essays in Performance are keenly aware of the fact that drama, even when it becomes "classical" does not inhabit a world of its own, but remains open to fresh interpretations, even wilful exploration. Informationen zum Autor Martin Revermann is Associate Professor in Classics and Theatre Studies at the University of Toronto.Peter Wilson is William Ritchie Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney. Klappentext This is a collection of papers from an international group of scholars who engage with the seminal work of Oliver Taplin, one of the world's leading classicists. The focus is on the performative aspect of Greek poetry of the archaic and classical period as well as on material artefacts (especially vase paintings) that interact with this kind of literature. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of papers from an international group of scholars who engage with the seminal work of Oliver Taplin, one of the world's leading classicists. The focus is on the performative aspect of Greek poetry of the archaic and classical period as well as on material artefacts (especially vase paintings) that interact with this kind of literature.

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• Authors: Martin Revermann, Martin (EDT)/ Wilson Revermann
• Assisted by: Martin Revermann (Editor), Revermann Martin (Editor), Peter Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2008
• EAN: 9780199232215
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923221-5
• No. of pages: 583
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights