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Choruses, Ancient and Modern (Hardcover)
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Choruses, Ancient and Modern (Hardcover)
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Choruses, Ancient and Modern examines the ancient Greek chorus and
its afterlives in western culture. Choruses, though absolutely
central to the social, political, and religious life of classical
Greece, no longer hold the same broad importance in modernity, yet
the attraction of the Greek chorus has proved a strong impetus to
reimagining. Artists and thinkers have continually appropriated
Greek choruses to their own ends, and the body of these engagements
constitutes a rich and hitherto-unexplored area of the reception of
classical antiquity. Exploring the choral tradition from archaic
Greece to the present across a variety of different media, the
volume thematically juxtaposes perspectives on choruses to create a
dialogue between ancient and modern contexts. Following a
substantial introduction, the four sections of the book discuss the
place of the chorus within scholarship, aesthetic and philosophical
perspectives on the chorus, reflections on absences of the chorus,
and the social and communal potential of the chorus. Each section
considers antiquity and modernity in counterpoint, at once
de-familiarizing ancient contexts of the chorus and defining
crucial moments in modern choral traditions.
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