Kotlińska-Toma, Agnieszka, <br/><br/>
Hellenistic tragedy :  texts, translations and a critical survey / 
Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma. 
 - xvi, 322 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Bloomsbury classical studies monographs .
 - Bloomsbury classical studies monographs. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Tragedy in the Hellenistic Age : general observations -- Tragedians and tragedies -- Hellenistic tragedy with Biblical themes -- The staging of Hellenistic tragedies -- Appendix : Hellenistic theatres. 
<br/><br/> This book offers a comprehensive picture of tragedy and the satyr play from the fourth century BCE. The surviving fragments of this dramatic genre are presented, alongside English translations and critical analysis, as well as a survey of the main writers involved and an exploration of the genre's formation, later influence and staging. Key features of the plays are analysed through extant texts and other evidence, including plots based on contemporary political themes, mythical subjects and Biblical themes, and features of metre and language. Practical elements of Hellenistic performance are also discussed, including those which have become the hallmarks of ancient theatre: actors' costumes of long robes, kothurnoi and high onkos-masks, the theatre building and the closed stage on the logeion. Piecing together a synthetic picture of Hellenistic tragedy and the satyr play, the volume also examines the key points of departure from earlier drama, including the mass audience, the mutual influence of Greek and Eastern traditions and the changes inside the genre which prove Hellenistic drama was an important stage in the development of the European theatre. 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English with some Greek. Translated from the Polish and Greek. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474288651 9781472524218 1472524217 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014023585 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB4C3386  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016932257  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.<br/>Greek drama (Tragedy)<br/>Griechisch.<br/>Tragödie.<br/>Entwicklung.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PA3131  / .K59813 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>882/.0109