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Comic business : theatricality, dramatic technique, and performance contexts of Aristophanic comedy /

Combining textual analysis with semiotic approaches developed in Theatre Studies, this book looks at Aristophanic comedy not as texts to be read but as scripts intended and designed for performance. It allies close discussion of selected plays and scenes with broader questions of genre, textual auth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Revermann, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Issues. Comic business ; Performance criticism: point and methods ; Two fundamental problems ; Applying performance criticism.
  • pt. II. Three plays. Clouds ; Lysistrata ; Wealth.
  • Appendices. A. Comic business in Aristophanes' Rivals ; B. Authorial stage directions in ancient dramatic texts? ; C. Who was the second version of Clouds written for? ; D. Performance time.