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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
June 29, 2015
Pages
232
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
2 revised
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781138834200
ISBN-10
1138834203
Dimensions
0 by 5.43 by 8.50 in.
Original list price
$140.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including Aeschylus' agamemnon and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The details of theatrical techniques and stage directions, used by playwrights to highlight key moments, are drawn out and related to the meaning of each play as a whole. With extensive translated quotations, the essential unity of action and speech in Greek tragedy is demonstrated.
Now firmly established as a classic text, Greek Tragedy in Action is even more relevant today, when performances of Greek tragedies and plays inspired by them have had such an extraordinary revival around the world.
Professor Taplin explores nine plays, including Aeschylus' agamemnon and Sophocles' Oedipus the King. The details of theatrical techniques and stage directions, used by playwrights to highlight key moments, are drawn out and related to the meaning of each play as a whole. With extensive translated quotations, the essential unity of action and speech in Greek tragedy is demonstrated.
Now firmly established as a classic text, Greek Tragedy in Action is even more relevant today, when performances of Greek tragedies and plays inspired by them have had such an extraordinary revival around the world.
Editions
Hardcover
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2 revised edition from Routledge (June 29, 2015)
9781138834200 | details & prices | 232 pages | List price $140.00
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Paperback
from Routledge (December 1, 2002)
9780415302517 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $41.95
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Reprint edition from Routledge (December 1, 1994)
9780415043120 | details & prices | 203 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $31.95
About: This book attempts to reinstate the works of Greek Tragedy as plays rather than just texts to be read.
About: This book attempts to reinstate the works of Greek Tragedy as plays rather than just texts to be read.
from Univ of California Pr (December 10, 1979)
9780520039490 | details & prices | List price $12.95
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
About: Oliver Taplin's seminal study was revolutionary in drawing out the significance of stage action in Greek tragedy at a time when plays were often read purely as texts, rather than understood as performances.
Miscellaneous
2 edition from Routledge (October 4, 2003)
9780203083819 | details & prices | 232 pages | List price $31.95
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