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Menander in Antiquity - The Contexts of Reception (Hardcover, New)
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Menander in Antiquity - The Contexts of Reception (Hardcover, New)
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The comic playwright Menander was one of the most popular writers
throughout antiquity. This book reconstructs his life and the
legacy of his work until the end of antiquity employing a broad
range of sources such as portraits, illustrations of his plays,
papyri preserving their texts and inscriptions recording their
public performances. These are placed within the context of the
three social and cultural institutions which appropriated his
comedy, thereby ensuring its survival: public theatres, dinner
parties and schools. Dr Nervegna carefully reconstructs how each
context approached Menander's drama and how it contributed to its
popularity over the centuries. The resultant, highly illustrated,
book will be essential for all scholars and students not just of
Menander's comedy but, more broadly, of the history and iconography
of the ancient theatre, ancient social history and reception
studies.
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