Menander in Contexts

Menander in Contexts PDF

Author: Alan H. Sommerstein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1135014655

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The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for over a millennium, Menander’s own plays were thought to have been completely lost. Thanks to a long and continuing series of papyrus discoveries, Menander has now been able to take his place among the major surviving ancient Greek dramatists alongside Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. In this book, sixteen contributors examine and explore the Menander we know today in light of the various literary, intellectual, and social contexts in which his plays can be viewed. Topics covered include: the society, culture, and politics of his generation; the intellectual currents of the period; the literary precursors who inspired Menander (or whom he expected his audiences to recall); and responses to Menander, from his own time to ours. As the first wide-ranging collective study of Menander in English, this book is essential reading for those interested in ancient comedy the world over.

Menander and the Making of Comedy

Menander and the Making of Comedy PDF

Author: J. M. Walton

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1996-02-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0275934209

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This fascinating introduction to the comedy of Menander is the work of two classical scholars, both of whom have worked extensively as theatre practitioners. This is the first book to consider the plays of Menander primarily as performance pieces and to uncover the dramatic technique of this widely admired comic writer, whose plays had all but disappeared until the 1950s. Looking at the theatrical context of Menandrian comedy in its widest sense, the book includes discussions of recent productions, the recovery of the texts, the treatment of women and slaves, the nature of Menander's comedy, and where it may have led within the European tradition. This book will be of interest to both students of theatre and classicists.

Menander in Antiquity

Menander in Antiquity PDF

Author: Sebastiana Nervegna

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 110732825X

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The comic playwright Menander was one of the most popular writers throughout antiquity. This book reconstructs his life and the legacy of his work until the end of antiquity employing a broad range of sources such as portraits, illustrations of his plays, papyri preserving their texts and inscriptions recording their public performances. These are placed within the context of the three social and cultural institutions which appropriated his comedy, thereby ensuring its survival: public theatres, dinner parties and schools. Dr Nervegna carefully reconstructs how each context approached Menander's drama and how it contributed to its popularity over the centuries. The resultant, highly illustrated, book will be essential for all scholars and students not just of Menander's comedy but, more broadly, of the history and iconography of the ancient theatre, ancient social history and reception studies.

Menander, New Comedy and the Visual

Menander, New Comedy and the Visual PDF

Author: Antonis K. Petrides

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1107068436

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This book shows how both verbal and visual allusion position the plays of New Comedy within the context of contemporary polis culture.

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