Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
1350143995
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1350143987
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9781350144002
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9781350143999
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9781350143982
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9781350143982
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9781350143975
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9781350186477
Content:
"This book answers the question 'How did Athenian drama shape ideas about civic identity?' through the medium of three case studies focusing on props. Traditional responses to the question have overlooked the significance of props which were symbolically implicated in Athenian ideology, yet the key objects explored in this study (voting urns and pebbles, swords, and masks) each carried profound connections to Athenian civic identity while also playing important roles as props on the fifth-century stage. Playwrights exploited the powerful dynamic generated from the intersection between the 'social lives' (off-stage existence in society) and 'stage lives' (handling in theatre) of these objects to enhance the dramatic effect of their plays as well as the impact of these performances on society. The exploration of the 'stage lives' of these objects across comedy, tragedy, and satyr drama reveals much about generic interdependence and distinction. Meanwhile the consideration of iconography representing the objects' lives outside the theatre sheds light on drama's powerful interplay with art. Essential reading for scholars and students of ancient Greek history, culture, and drama, the innovative approach and insightful analysis contained in this volume will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of Theatre Studies, Art History, and Cultural Studies"--
Content:
List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Propping up Athens -- Chapter 1 - Casting votes in Athens -- Chapter 2 - Trialling Props on stage I The Oresteia 's appropriation of voting urns and pebbles II Dramatic retrials after 458 BC -- Chapter 3 - A Weapon of Democracy -- Chapter 4 - Swords drawn on the tragic stage I The Oresteia 's tyrant slayers II Ajax 's battlefield sphagia -- Chapter 5 - Swords redrawn on stage I The comic re-drawing of swords -- II Swords redrawn again in Phoenician Women -- Chapter 6 - The Mask in hand I Society II Theatre -- Conclusion -- Evaluating Objects -- Appendix -- Clytemnestra's sword in the Oresteia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350143975
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wyles, Rosie Theatre props and civic identity in Athens, 458-405 BC London ; New York : Bloomsbury Acacemic, 2020
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350144002
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