The music of tragedy : performance and imagination in Euripidean theater /

The music of tragedy : performance and imagination in Euripidean theater /

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Author / Creator:	Weiss, Naomi A., 1982- author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Description:	xiii, 284 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Subject:	Euripides -- Criticism and interpretation. Euripides. Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism. Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism. Greek drama (Tragedy) Music, Greek and Roman. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11393543

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ISBN:	9780520295902 0520295900
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	"The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides' allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides' experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousikē within a broader cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage. If we wish to understand better the trajectories of this most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music and text"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Online version: Weiss, Naomi A., 1982- Music of tragedy. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520968493

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