Title: Costume In Greek Tragedy
Description: "Costume in Greek Tragedy is the first book-length survey of tragic costume to be published in almost fifty years. The core of the book focuses on tragic costume in its original performance context of fifth-century Athens, but the implications of subsequent uses in Roman and modern performances are also discussed. Most importantly, the reader is invited to think about how tragic costume worked as a language in ancient performance and was manipulated physically and verbally in order to create meaning. The major aspects of this language are explored through the examination of costume in a range of ancient tragedies, including Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Electra, and Euripides' Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: History, History and criticism, Theater, Costume, Greek drama (Tragedy), Costume, greece, Costume, history, Greek drama, history and criticism