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Menander in Antiquity: The Contexts of Reception

Autor Sebastiana Nervegna
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 apr 2013
The comic playwright Menander was one of the most popular writers throughout antiquity. This book reconstructs his life and the legacy of his work until the end of antiquity employing a broad range of sources such as portraits, illustrations of his plays, papyri preserving their texts and inscriptions recording their public performances. These are placed within the context of the three social and cultural institutions which appropriated his comedy, thereby ensuring its survival: public theatres, dinner parties and schools. Dr Nervegna carefully reconstructs how each context approached Menander's drama and how it contributed to its popularity over the centuries. The resultant, highly illustrated, book will be essential for all scholars and students not just of Menander's comedy but, more broadly, of the history and iconography of the ancient theatre, ancient social history and reception studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107004221
ISBN-10: 1107004225
Pagini: 334
Ilustrații: 40 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. Canonizing Menander in Athens, Alexandria and Rome; 2. Menander in public theatres; 3. Menander at dinner parties; 4. Menander in schools; Conclusion: Menander, survival and loss.

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Descriere

Reconstructs the ancient afterlife of Menander by focusing on three contexts of reception: public theatre, private entertainment and schools.