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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Euripides Trojan Women Euripides Trojan Women Barbara Goff "Set at the end of the Trojan war, Euripides' Trojan Women depicts the women of Troy as they wait to be taken into slavery. While choral songs recall the death-throes of the great city, the scenes be… OL17557135W
The Greek theater The Greek theater Leo Aylen A brilliant discussion of the importance and affect of Greek Theater on the evolution of theater and it's affect and influence on humanity. OL2059009W
Public and performance in the Greek theatre Public and performance in the Greek theatre Peter D. Arnott Peter Arnott discusses Greek drama not as an antiquarian study but as a living art form. He removes the plays from the library and places them firmly in the theatre that gave them being. Invoking the… OL4643568W
Spectator politics Spectator politics Niall W. Slater "Spectator Politics is the first major study of metatheatre, or theatrically self-conscious performance, in Aristophanes. Using reception-based performance criticism, Niall Slater elucidates the comi… OL4803080W
Rationalist criticism of Greek tragedy Rationalist criticism of Greek tragedy James E. Ford This book examines one of the most radical and precipitous instances in the shift in interpretation and evolution of literary works and their authors. Specifically, it focuses on the "rehabilitation"… OL5515274W
Atē, its use and meaning Atē, its use and meaning Richard E. Doyle My study is an investigation of the "tradition" of Greek poetry in two senses. First, words have meaning, and they are much better understood if this fact is firmly recognized and a given concept is … OL5615258W
Staged narrative Staged narrative Barrett, James "The messenger who reports important action that has occurred offstage is a familiar inhabitant of Greek tragedy. A messenger informs us about the death of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus, the ma… OL6208840W
Greek tragedy, a literary study Greek tragedy, a literary study Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto CONTENTS: Lyrical tragedy. The supplices -- The supplices and pre-Aeschylean tragedy -- Old tragedy. Introduction -- The Persae -- The Septem -- The 'Prometheus vinctus -- The Oresteia. The Agamemnon… OL6333420W
Sophocles Sophocles R. D. Dawe A collection of 21 essays written in the 19th and 20th century examining the influence of the Greek playwright on Western Civilization from the 1585 performance of Oedipus Rex at Vicenze to the prese… OL8510971W