Why Athens? - A Reappraisal of Tragic Politics

Zusatztext The essays here remind us that, as far as the politics of tragedy are concerned, there is much more to be discussed about tragedy than whether, and how, it was democratic ... all the contributions are of high quality. Informationen zum Autor D. M. Carter is Lecturer in Greek, University of Reading Klappentext A collection of essays reconsidering Greek tragedy as a reflection of Athenian political culture. The contributors explore the role of tragedy as a distinctively Athenian cultural product and its particular relationship with the city that nurtured and hosted it. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays reconsidering Greek tragedy as a reflection of Athenian political culture. The contributors explore the role of tragedy as a distinctively Athenian cultural product and its particular relationship with the city that nurtured and hosted it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Context 1: Peter Wilson: The glue of democracy? Tragedy, structure and finance 2: D. M. Carter: Plato, drama, and rhetoric 3: Anne Duncan: Nothing to do with Athens? Tragedians at the courts of tyrants Response II. Discourse 4: Peter Burian: Athenian tragedy as democratic discourse 5: Jon Hesk: Euripidean euboulia and the problem of 'tragic politics' 6: Elton T. E. Barker: 'Possessing an unbridled tongue': frank speech and speaking back in Euripides' Orestes Response III. Families 7: Mark Griffith: Extended families, marriage, and inter-city relations in (later) Athenian tragedy: Dynasts II 8: Eleanor OKell: Inheritance and the Athenian nature of Sophoclean tragedy Response IV. Choruses 9: Sheila Murnaghan: Choroi achoroi: the Athenian politics of tragic choral identity 10: Eirene Visvardi: Pity and panhellenic politics: choral emotion in Euripides' Hecuba and Trojan Women Response V. Suppliants 11: Angeliki Tzanetou: Supplication and empire in Athenian tragedy 12: Graziella Vinh: Athens in Euripides' Suppliants: ritual, politics, and theatre Response VI. Athens and Greece 13: David Rosenbloom: The panhellenism of Athenian tragedy 14: John Gibert: Hellenicity in later Euripidean tragedy Response ...

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• Authors: Carter, D. M. Carter, D. M. (EDT) Carter
• Assisted by: D M Carter (Editor), D. M. Carter (Editor), D. M. (Lecturer in Greek Carter (Editor), Carter D. M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2011
• EAN: 9780199562329
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956232-9
• No. of pages: 472
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Literary studies: plays and playwrights