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Tragedy in Athens : performance space and theatrical meaning / David Wiles

Author
Wiles, David
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
The problem of space -- The theatre of Dionysus -- Focus on the centre point -- The mimetic action of the chorus -- The chorus: its transformation of space -- Left and right, east and west -- Inside/outside -- The vertical axis -- The iconography of sacred space -- Orchestra and theatron -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary
This book examines the performance of Greek tragedy in the classical Athenian theatre. Whilst post structuralist criticism of Greek tragedy has tended to focus on the literary text, the analysis of stagecraft and the theatre has been markedly conservative in its methodology. David Wiles corrects that balance, exploring the performance of tragedy as a spatial practice specific to Athenian culture, at once religious and political. Athenian conceptions of space were quite unlike those of the modern world. After reviewing controversies and archaeological data regarding the fifth-century performance space, Wiles turns to the chorus and shows how dance mapped out the space for the purposes of any given play. The book shows how the performance as a whole was organised and, through informative diagrams and accessible analyses, Wiles brings the theatre of Greek tragedy to life.
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ISBN
0585000549 (electronic bk.)
9780585000541 (electronic bk.)
9780521462686
0521462681
0511001061
9780511001062
0521666155
9780521666152
9780511582295 (ebook)
0511582293
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text file
PDF
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223) and index.
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