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Origins Theater Anc Greece Beyond

Herausgeber: Csapo, Eric; Miller, Margaret C.

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Produktbeschreibung

The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond examines the evidence for the pre-history and origin of drama. The belief that drama developed from religious ritual has been commonplace since the time of Aristotle but here is little agreement on just how this happened. Recently, scholars have even challenged the historical connection between drama and ritual. This volume is the most thorough examination on the origins of Greek drama to date. It brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars in a variety of fields, including classical archaeology, iconography, cultural history, theatre history, philosophy, and religion. Though it primarily focuses up on ancient Greece, the volume includes comparative studies of ritual drama from ancient Egypt, Japan, and medieval Europe. Collectively, the essays show how the relationship of drama to ritual is one of the most controversial, complex, and multi-faceted questions of modern times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1063g
• ISBN-13: 9780521836821
• ISBN-10: 0521836824
• Artikelnr.: 21702548

Autorenporträt

Eric Csapo is Professor of Classics at the University of Sydney. He is an expert on the history of the ancient theatre and co-author of The Context of Ancient Drama. His most recent book is Theories of Mythology.
Margaret C. Miller is Arthur and Renee George Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Sydney. She is an expert in Greek archaeology, iconography, and cultural history. Her book, Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC: A Study in Cultural Receptivity won the Prix Ghirshman of the Academie des inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 2001.

Inhaltsangabe

1. General introduction E. Csapo and M. C. Miller
Part I. Komasts and Pre-Dramatic Ritual: 2. Introduction T. H. Carpenter
3. The corpus of Komast vases: from identity to exegesis T. J. Smith
4. Komasts, mythical imaginary and ritual C. Isler-Kerenyi
5. Let's hear it for the fat man: padded dancers and the prehistory of drama J. R. Green
6. Discussion T. H. Carpenter
Part II. Emergence of Drama: 7. Introduction and discussion G. Nagy
8. From hymn to tragedy: Aristotle's genealogy of poetic kinds D. Depew
9. Myths of ritual in Athenian vase-paintings of Silens G. Hedreen
10. From ritual to narrative M. Steinhart
11. 'And now all the world shall dance!' (Eur. Bacch. 114): Dionysus' choroi between drama and ritual B. Kowlazig
Part III. Comparing Other Cultures: 12. Introduction K. C. Patton
13. Ritual drama in an ancient Egypt R. J. Leprohon
14. Ritual and performance, dance and drama in ancient Japan G. Zobel
15. Representation in European devotional rituals: the question of the origin of medieval drama in medieval liturgy N. H. Petersen
16. Discussion K. C. Patton
Part IV. From Ritual to Drama: 17. From ritual to drama: a concluding statement R. Seaford.