Spectator politics
metatheatre and performance in Aristophanes
by Niall W. Slater
"Spectator Politics is the first major study of metatheatre, or theatrically self-conscious performance, in Aristophanes. Using reception-based performance criticism, Niall Slater elucidates the comic effectiveness of the earliest surviving comedies in the Western tradition.
Slater demonstrates that Aristophanes employed metatheatre not simply to entertain but also to teach his audience how to read and interpret performance in other key public venues of the ancient democracy of Athens, such as performances in the political assembly and law courts. Aristophanes was, Slater contends, the first performance critic."--BOOK JACKET.
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Ancient Rhetoric, Drama, Dramatic production, Greek Political plays, Greek drama (Comedy), History, History and criticism, Political and social views, Politics and government, Politics and literature, Technique, Theater, Theater audiences, Aristophanes, Political plays, history and criticism, Greek drama, history and criticism, Athens (greece), politics and governmentPeople
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Spectator politics: metatheatre and performance in Aristophanes
2002, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English
0812236521 9780812236521
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-339) and indexes.
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