Hercules performed the hero on stage from the enlightenment to the early twenty-first century
"Hercules Performed explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles - the Roman Hercules - on the western stage from the sixteenth century to the present day, focusing on live theatre, including tragedy, comedy and musical drama. Each chapter considers a particular work or theme in de...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden, Boston
Brill
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | Metaforms : studies in reception of classical antiquity
volume 25 |
| Schlagworte: |
Heracles
> In literature
> Herakles
> Geschichte
> Mythologie
> Theater
> Literatur
> Drama
> History and criticism
> Mythology, Greek, in literature
> Mythology, Greek, in the theater
> History
> Théâtre (Genre littéraire)
> Histoire et critique
> Mythologie grecque dans la littérature
> Théâtre
> Histoire
> Literary criticism
> Essays
> Critiques littéraires
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Hercules Performed explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles - the Roman Hercules - on the western stage from the sixteenth century to the present day, focusing on live theatre, including tragedy, comedy and musical drama. Each chapter considers a particular work or theme in detail, exploring the interplay between classical models and a wide variety of modern performance contexts. The volume is one of four to be published in the Metaforms series examining the extraordinarily persistent figuring of Herakles-Hercules in western culture, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to offer a unique insight into the hero's perennial appeal. Contributors are: Tim Benjamin, Neil W. Bernstein, Deborah Chatr Aryamontri, Lucia Degiovanni, Sofia Frade, Samuel D. Gartland, Sue Hamstead Owen Hodkinson, Eleftheria Ioannidou, Adriana F. Nogueira, Eleanor OKell, Robyn M. Rocklein, George Rodosthenous, Henry Stead |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
| Beschreibung: | XXVI, 390 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9789004695757 9004695753 |
| ISSN: | 2212-9405 |