Imagining Reperformance in Ancient Culture: Studies in the Traditions of Drama and Lyric

by Richard L. Hunter

Book Overview

This book offers a series of studies of the idea and practice of reperformance as it affects ancient lyric poetry and drama. Special attention is paid to the range of phenomena which fall under the heading 'reperformance', to how poets use both the reality and the 'imaginary' of reperformance to create a deep temporal sense in their work and to how audiences use their knowledge of reperformance conditions to interpret what they see and hear. The studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107151473
• ISBN13: 9781107151475
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.8"