A Companion to Greek TragedyISBN: 978-1-4051-0770-9
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572 pages
September 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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Notes on Contributors.
Preface and Acknowledgements.
Abbreviations and Editions.
Part I: Contexts.
1. Fifth-Century Athenian History and Tragedy: Paula Debnar (Mount Holyoke College).
2. Tragedy and Religion: The Problem of Origins: Scott Scullion (University of Oxford).
3. Dithyramb, Comedy, and Satyr-Play: Bernd Seidensticker (Freie Universität Berlin).
4 Tragedy’s Teaching: Neil Croally (Dulwich College, London).
5. Tragedy and the Early Greek Philosophical Tradition: William Allan (University of Oxford).
6. Tragedy, Rhetoric, and Performance Culture: Christopher Pelling (University of Oxford).
7. Pictures of Tragedy? Jocelyn Penny Small (Rutgers University).
Part II: Elements.
8. Myth: Michael J. Anderson (Yale University).
9. Beginnings and Endings: Deborah H. Roberts (Haverford College).
10. Lyric: Luigi Battezzato (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy).
11. Episodes: Michael R. Halleran (University of Washington).
12. Music: Peter Wilson (University of Sydney).
13. Theatrical Production: John Davidson (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand).
Part III: Approaches.
14. Aeschylean Tragedy: Suzanne Saïd (Columbia University).
15. Sophoclean Tragedy: Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan).
16. Euripidean Tragedy: Justina Gregory (Smith College).
17. Lost Tragedies: A Survey: Martin Cropp (University of Calgary).
18. Tragedy and Anthropology: Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood (previously of University of Oxford).
19. Values: Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh).
20. The Gods: Donald Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley).
21. Authority Figures: Mark Griffith (University of California, Berkeley).
22. Women’s Voices: Judith Mossman (University of Nottingham).
23. Marginal Figures: Mary Ebbott (College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts).
Part IV: Reception.
24. Text and Transmission: David Kovacs (University of Virginia).
25. Learning from Suffering: Ancient Responses to Tragedy: Stephen Halliwell (University of St. Andrews).
26. Polis and Empire: Greek Tragedy in Rome: Vassiliki Panoussi (Williams College).
27. Italian Reception of Greek Tragedy: Salvatore Di Maria (University of Tennessee).
28. Nietzsche on Greek Tragedy and the Tragic: Albert Henrichs (Harvard University).
29. Greek Tragedy and Western Perceptions of Actors and Acting: Ismene Lada-Richards (King’s College London).
30. The Theater of Innumerable Faces: Herman Altena (freelance academic).
31. Justice in Translation: Rendering Ancient Greek Tragedy: Paul Woodruff (University of Texas, Austin).
Bibliography.
Index
