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Brecht and Tragedy

Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics

By: Martin Revermann

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Brecht and Tragedy

Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics

By: Martin Revermann

This wide-ranging, detailed and engaging study of Brecht's complex relationship with Greek tragedy and tragic tradition argues that this is fundamental for understanding his radicalism. Featuring an extensive discussion of The Antigone of Sophocles (1948) and further related works (the Antigone model book and the Small Organon for the Theatre), this monograph includes the first-ever publication of the complete set of colour photographs taken by Ruth Berlau. This is complemented by comparatist explorations of many of Brecht's own plays as his experiments with tragedy conceptualized as the 'big form'. The significance for Brecht of the Greek tragic tradition is positioned in relation to other formative influences on his work (Asian theatre, Naturalism, comedy, Schiller and Shakespeare). Brecht emerges as a theatre artist of enormous range and creativity, who has succeeded in re-shaping and re-energizing tragedy and has carved paths for its continued artistic and political relevance.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108808085

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9781108808088

Comic Business

Theatricality, Dramatic Technique, and Performance Contexts of Aristophanic Comedy

By: Martin Revermann

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Comic Business

Theatricality, Dramatic Technique, and Performance Contexts of Aristophanic Comedy

By: Martin Revermann

Comic Business situates Aristophanic comedy in the context of competitive (re)performance culture in 5th- and 4th-century Greece. It seeks to illuminate how the dazzling busyness of Aristophanic comedy is the creation of a carefully manipulating craftsman trying to outdo his rivals in the fierce competition of the dramatic festivals. Theoretically informed by theatre semiotics and frame-based models of conceptualizing the theatrical event, it analyses in a number of case studies how theatrical resources of all kinds are utilized in order to generate theatrical meaning as well as capture and sustain audience interest. The approach therefore combines philological analysis with methodologies developed in Theatre Studies. Special attention is given to the visual dimension of theatrical communication. Material from comparator traditions is brought to bear, as is the evidence of the pictorial record.

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OUP Oxford

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0191513202

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9780191513206

Brecht and Tragedy

Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics

By: Martin Revermann

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Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics

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Euripides, "Ion"

Edition and Commentary

By: Gunther Martin

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Euripides, "Ion"

Edition and Commentary

By: Gunther Martin

Euripides’ Ion is a highly complex and elusive play and thus poses considerable difficulties to any interpreter. On the basis of a new recension of the text, this commentary offers explanations of the language, literary technique, and realia of the play and discusses the main issues of interpretation. In this way the reader is provided with the material required for an appreciation of this entertaining as well as provocative dramatic composition.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110523590

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9783110523591

Conscience

A Biography

By: Martin van Creveld

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Conscience

A Biography

By: Martin van Creveld

Many consider conscience to be one of the most important—if not the fundamental—quality that makes us human, distinguishing us from animals, on one hand, and machines on the other. But what is conscience, exactly? Is it a product of our biological roots, as Darwin thought, or is it a purely social invention? If the latter, how did it come into the world? In this biography of that most elusive human element, Martin van Creveld explores conscience throughout history, ranging across numerous subjects, from human rights to health to the environment. Along the way he considers the evolution of conscience in its myriad, occasionally strange, and ever-surprising permutations. He examines the Old Testament, which—erroneously, it turns out—is normally seen as the fountainhead from which the Western idea of conscience has sprung. Next, he takes us to meet Antigone, the first person on record to explicitly speak of conscience. We then visit with the philosophers Zeno, Cicero and Seneca; with Christian thinkers such as Paul, Augustine, Aquinas, and, above all, Martin Luther; as well as modern intellectual giants such as Machiavelli, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud. Individual chapters are devoted to Japan, China, and even the Nazis, as well as the most recent discoveries in robotics and neuroscience and how they have contributed to the ways we think about our own morality. Ultimately, van Creveld shows that conscience remains as elusive as ever, a continuously mysterious voice that guides how we think about right and wrong.

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Reaktion Books

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1780234619

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9781780234618

Classical Literature on Screen

Affinities of Imagination

By: Martin M. Winkler

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Classical Literature on Screen

Affinities of Imagination

By: Martin M. Winkler

This book examines different affinities between major classical authors and great filmmakers alongside representations of ancient myth and history in popular cinema.

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1107191289

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Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad

By: Martin Litchfield West

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Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad

By: Martin Litchfield West

In den jahrzehntelangen Vorarbeiten zu seiner weltweit so beachteten Homerausgabe hat der Editor viele interessante und zugleich neue Details zur Textüberlieferung gewonnen, die er nunmehr in einer Spezialmonographie zusammengefaßt hat. Somit wird der Homerforscher in die neusten Ergebnisse zu Textproblemen in Homers Ilias eingeführt; und bestimmte editorische Entscheidungen von West sind für den Fachmann klarer nachzuvollziehen.

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316

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Walter de Gruyter

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3598730055

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Harmful Interaction Between the Living and the Dead in Greek Tragedy

By: Bridget Martin

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Harmful Interaction Between the Living and the Dead in Greek Tragedy

By: Bridget Martin

Examiningthe manifest and invisible dead, this book considers the nature, extent andlimitations of harmful interaction between the living and the dead in Greektragedy, concentrating on the abilities of the dead, the consequences of corpse exposure andmutilation, and the use of avenging agents by the dead.

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178962150X

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9781789621501

Comic Business

Theatricality, Dramatic Technique, and Performance Contexts of Aristophanic Comedy

By: Martin Revermann

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Comic Business

Theatricality, Dramatic Technique, and Performance Contexts of Aristophanic Comedy

By: Martin Revermann

Comic Business situates Aristophanic comedy in the context of competitive (re)performance culture in 5th- and 4th-century Greece. It seeks to illuminate how the dazzling busyness of Aristophanic comedy is the creation of a carefully manipulating craftsman trying to outdo his rivals in the fierce competition of the dramatic festivals. Theoretically informed by theatre semiotics and frame-based models of conceptualizing the theatrical event, it analyses in a number of casestudies how theatrical resources of all kinds are utilized in order to generate theatrical meaning as well as capture and sustain audience interest. The approach therefore combines philological analysis with methodologies developed in Theatre Studies. Special attention is given to the visual dimension oftheatrical communication. Material from comparator traditions is brought to bear, as is the evidence of the pictorial record.

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Oxford University Press

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019815271X

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9780198152712

Book's by Martin Revermann

Brecht and Tragedy

Brecht and Tragedy

Comic Business

Comic Business

Brecht and Tragedy

Brecht and Tragedy

Euripides, "Ion"

Euripides, "Ion"

Conscience

Conscience

Classical Literature on Screen

Classical Literature on Screen

Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad

Studies in the Text and Transmission of the Iliad

Harmful Interaction Between the Living and the Dead in Greek Tragedy

Harmful Interaction Between the Living and the Dead in Greek Tragedy

Comic Business

Comic Business

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