Poet, public, and performance in Ancient Greece
By: edited by Lowell Edmunds and Robert W. Wallace ; with a preface by Maurizio Bettini.
Contributors: Edmunds, Lowell.; Wallace, Robert W., 1950-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; The Johns Hopkins University Press; Brand: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Greek literature -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.; Performing arts -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.; Oral tradition -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.; Theater -- Greece -- History -- To 500.
Description: Poetry in archaic and classical Greece was a practical art that arose from specific social or political circumstances. The interpretation of a poem or dramatic work must therefore be viewed in the context of its performance. In Poet, Public, and Performance in Ancient Greece, Lowell Edmunds and Robert W. Wallace bring together a distinguished group of contributors to reconstruct the performance context of a wide array of works, including the epic, tragedy, lyric, elegy, and proverb.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-167).
Chiefly papers originally presented at a conference entitled "Poeta, pubblico e performance" and sponsored by the American Academy in Rome on Feb. 11, 1994.