Roman Drama and its Contexts

Stavros Frangoulidis, Stephen J. Harrison, Gesine Manuwald (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

638 Seiten

2017
De Gruyter (Verlag)
9783110580686 (ISBN)

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Roman plays have been well studied individually (even including fragmentary or spurious ones more recently). However, they have not always been placed into their ‘context’, though plays (just like items in other literary genres) benefit from being seen in context. This edited collection aims to address this issue: it includes 33 contributions by an international team of scholars, discussing single plays or Roman dramatic genres (including comedy, tragedy and praetexta, from both the Republican and imperial periods) in contexts such as the literary tradition, the relationship to works in other literary genres, the historical and social situation, the intellectual background or the later reception. Overall, they offer a rich panorama of the role of Roman drama or individual plays in Roman society and literary history. The insights gained thereby will be of relevance to everyone interested in Roman drama or literature more generally, comparative literature or drama and theatre studies. This contextual approach has the potential of changing the way in which Roman drama is viewed.

G. Manuwald, University College London, UK; S. Harrison, University of Oxford, UK; S. Frangoulidis, Aristotle University, Greece.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 34
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 155 mm
Gewicht	1043 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Comedy • Drama • Roman Literature • Tragedy
ISBN-13	9783110580686 / 9783110580686
Zustand	Neuware