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Silent Eloquence : Lucian and Pantomime Dancing.

One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in which a silent, solo dancer incarnated a series of mythological characters to the accompaniment of music and sung narrative. Looking at a multitude of texts and particularly Lucian&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lada-Richards, Ismene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013.
Colección:Classical literature and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in which a silent, solo dancer incarnated a series of mythological characters to the accompaniment of music and sung narrative. Looking at a multitude of texts and particularly Lucian's ""On the Dance"", a dialogue written at the height of pantomime's popularity, this innovative cultural study of the genre offers a radical reassessment of its importance in the symbolic economy of imperial and later antiquity. Rather than being trivial or lowbrow, pantomime was thoroughly enmeshed
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 pages)
ISBN:9781472537690
1472537696
9781472537706
147253770X