Roman Tragedy: Theatre to Theatricality
Author:   Mario Erasmo
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
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9780292722200


Pages:   223
Publication Date:   01 July 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Roman Tragedy: Theatre to Theatricality


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Author:   Mario Erasmo
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292722200


ISBN 10:   0292722206
Pages:   223
Publication Date:   01 July 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Theatre to Theatricality Chapter 1: Creating Tragedy Livius Andronicus Naevius Ennius The Audience Chapter 2: Theatricalizing Tragedy Pacuvius Accius Chapter 3: Dramatizing History Theatricality of History Staging History Chapter 4: Creating Metatragedy Pompey's Theatre Opening Staging Brutus Thyestes on the Roman Stage Nero: Imperator Scaenicus Chapter 5: Metatragedy Seneca's Actor-Audience From Tragedy to Metatragedy Appendix Bibliography Index

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This book is bold and original. I know of no other work in which the evolution of the tragic form is treated as a form, within its context, over time. oGuy MacLean Rogers, Professor of Classics and History, Wellesley College


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Mario Erasmo is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia at Athens.

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