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Costume in Greek tragedy / Rosie Wyles.

By: Wyles, RosiePublication details: London : Bristol Classical Press, 2011. Description: ix, 154 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780715639450; 0715639455Subject(s): Costume -- Greece -- History | Theater -- Greece -- History | Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticismDDC classification: 792.026094950901 LOC classification: GT 550 | .W95 2011Other classification: 6,12 | LG 8000
Contents:
The visual evidence for tragic costume -- Practicalities -- Semiotics and the language of tragic costume -- Costume in action -- Costume and theatrical discourse -- Translating costume across cultures.
Summary: "Costume in Greek Tragedy is the first book-length survey of tragic costume to be published in almost fifty years. The core of the book focuses on tragic costume in its original performance context of fifth-century Athens, but the implications of subsequent uses in Roman and modern performances are also discussed. Most importantly, the reader is invited to think about how tragic costume worked as a language in ancient performance and was manipulated physically and verbally in order to create meaning. The major aspects of this language are explored through the examination of costume in a range of ancient tragedies, including Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Electra, and Euripides' Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae"--Page 4 of cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Greece & Ancient Greece
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"Costume in Greek Tragedy is the first book-length survey of tragic costume to be published in almost fifty years. The core of the book focuses on tragic costume in its original performance context of fifth-century Athens, but the implications of subsequent uses in Roman and modern performances are also discussed. Most importantly, the reader is invited to think about how tragic costume worked as a language in ancient performance and was manipulated physically and verbally in order to create meaning. The major aspects of this language are explored through the examination of costume in a range of ancient tragedies, including Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Electra, and Euripides' Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index.

The visual evidence for tragic costume -- Practicalities -- Semiotics and the language of tragic costume -- Costume in action -- Costume and theatrical discourse -- Translating costume across cultures.

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