Tragedy's Endurance
Subtitle: Performances of Greek Tragedies and Cultural Identity in Germany Since 1800
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780199651634
Subjects: Greek drama, history and criticism; Theater, germany; Germany, civilization
Description: This volume sets out a novel approach to theatre historiography, presenting the history of performances of Greek tragedies in Germany since 1800 as the history of the evolving cultural identity of the educated middle class throughout that period. Philhellenism and theatromania took hold in this milieu amidst attempts to banish the heavily French-influenced German court culture of the mid-eighteenth century, and by 1800 their fusion in performances of Greek tragedies served as the German answer to the French Revolution.