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Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander: Classical Literature and Society

Autor Angela M. Heap
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 dec 2020
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed. A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander's plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350190696
ISBN-10: 1350190691
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 9 bw images
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Classical Literature and Society

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The fourth century BCE in Greece has been less studied than the fifth and this interpretation of Menander helps to put the period in context

Notă biografică

Angela Heap is a freelance scholar. She was formerly Librarian (chartered) and Fellow at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, UK.

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Treasure on the Rock: Menander and the masks and figurines from Lipari2. All the World's a Stage: Menander in performance3. Alexander, Aristophanes and Beyond: Menander in context4. Women in Epitrepontes: Habrotonon and Pamphile 5. Slaves in Epitrepontes: Habrotonon, Onesimos, Syros and Daos Conclusion GlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

This book may be interesting to anyone wanting a general portrayal of the society forming the background to Menander's plays.