Mask and Performance in Greek Tragedy
From Ancient Festival to Modern Experimentation
Why did Greek actors in the age of Sophocles always wear masks? David Wiles provides the first book-length study of this question. He surveys the evidence of vases and other monuments, arguing that they portray masks as part of a process of transformation, and that masks were never seen in the fifth century as autonomous objects. Wiles goes on to examine experiments with the mask in twentieth-century theatre, tracing a tension between the use of masks for possession and for alienation, and he identifies a preference among modern classical scholars for alienation. Wiles declines to distinguish the political aims of Greek tragedy from its relig…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-521-86522-7
- EAN: 9780521865227
- Produktnummer: 2763306
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 332 S.
- Masse: H25.4 cm x B18.0 cm x D2.5 cm 828 g
- Gewicht: 828
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
David Wiles is Professor of Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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