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Figures of Play
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Gregory W. Dobrov
Categories: Aesthetics, Ancient
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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"The book should be of particular interest to those working in Greek tragedy and comedy and classical literary theory."--Jacket.
The Poetics of Aristotle
Language: en
Pages: 82
Authors: Aristotle
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-07 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls "poetry" (a term which in Greek literally means "making" and in this context includes drama - comedy, traged
Objects as Actors
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Melissa Mueller
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-08 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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'Objects as Actors' charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked, fact: Greek tragedy was meant to be performed. As plays, t
Interpreting Greek Tragedy
Language: en
Pages: 421
Authors: Charles Segal
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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This generous selection of published essays by the distinguished classicist Charles Segal represents over twenty years of critical inquiry into the questions of
Tragic Pathos
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Dana LaCourse Munteanu
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's criti