Choruses, Ancient and Modern

The ancient singing and dancing chorus has exerted a powerful influence in the modern world. This is the first book to look systematically at the points of similarity and difference between ancient and modern choruses, across time and place, in their ancient contexts in modern theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, and in political debate.

About the author

Joshua Billings is Assistant Professor of Classics and Humanities at Yale University. His research focuses on tragedy, intellectual history, and the classical tradition.

Felix Budelmann is Lecturer in Greek Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. He works on Greek literature, especially lyric and tragedy.

Fiona Macintosh is Director of the APGRD, Reader in Greek and Roman Drama, University Lecturer in the Reception of Greek and Roman Literature, and a Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is author and editor of numerous books on the reception of Greek drama.

Summary

The ancient singing and dancing chorus has exerted a powerful influence in the modern world. This is the first book to look systematically at the points of similarity and difference between ancient and modern choruses, across time and place, in their ancient contexts in modern theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, and in political debate.

Additional text

The general quality of writing, much of it by outstanding younger scholars, is consistently high ... editors have done sterling work

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Budelmann Billings
• Assisted by: Joshua Billings (Editor), Billings Joshua (Editor), Felix Budelmann (Editor), Budelmann Felix (Editor), Fiona Macintosh (Editor), Fiona M. Macintosh (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9780199670574
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967057-4
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights