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Behind the Mask

- Character and Society in Menander
Af: Angela M. Heap Engelsk Paperback

Behind the Mask

- Character and Society in Menander
Af: Angela M. Heap Engelsk Paperback
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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed.

A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander’s plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.

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This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on papyrus. The mystery of their loss and rediscovery has raised key questions surrounding the transmission of these and other Greek texts. Theatrical masks from the fourth century BCE discovered on the island of Lipari now also provide important material with which this book examines how the plays were originally performed.

A detailed investigation of their historical setting is offered which engages with recent debates on the importance of social status and citizenship in Menander’s plays. The techniques of characterization are also examined, with particular focus on women, slaves and power relationships in his Epitrepontes. It appears that the audience was invited, sometimes subversively, behind the mask of this sophisticated comedy to discover that people do not always conform to literary expectations and social norms.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 216
ISBN-13: 9781350190696
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1350190691
Kategori: Ancient Greece
Udg. Dato: 24 dec 2020
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 24 dec 2020
Forfatter(e): Angela M. Heap
Forfatter(e) Angela M. Heap

Kategori Ancient Greece

ISBN-13 9781350190696

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 216

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 234mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 24 dec 2020

Oplagsdato 24 dec 2020

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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