| Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 Contributor(s): Macintosh, Fiona (Editor), Michelakis, Pantelis (Editor), Hall, Edith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199263515 ISBN-13: 9780199263516 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| LCCN: 2006296806 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.93 lbs) 502 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aeschylus' Agamemnon, the first play in the Oresteia trilogy, is one of the most influential theatrical texts in the global canon. In performance, translation, adaptation, along with sung and danced interpretations, it has been familiar in the Greek world and the Roman empire, and from the Renaissance to the contemporary stage. It has been central to the aesthetic and intellectual avant-garde as well as to radical politics of all complexions and to feminist thinking. Contributors to this interdisciplinary collection of eighteen essays on its performance history include classical scholars, theatre historians, and experts in English and comparative literature. All Greek and Latin has been translated; the book is generously illustrated, and supplemented with the useful research aid of a chronological appendix of performances. |