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Book SynopsisA Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day.
Table of ContentsForeword x
List of Illustrations xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Note on Nomenclature and Spelling xviii
Introduction 1
Betine van Zyl Smit
Part I The Ancient World 11
1 The Reception of Greek Tragedy from 500 to 323 BC 13
Martin Revermann
2 Greek Comedy and its Reception, c. 500–323 BC 29
Alan H. Sommerstein
3 Greek Drama in the Hellenistic World 45
Sarah Miles
4 Greek Comedy at Rome 63
Peter Brown
5 Roman Tragedy 78
Gesine Manuwald
Part II Transition 95
6 Ancient Drama in the Medieval World 97
Carol Symes
Part III The Renewal of Ancient Drama 131
7 The Reception of Ancient Drama in Renaissance Italy 133
Francesca Schironi
8 Ancient Drama in the French Renaissance and up to Louis XIV 154
Rosie Wyles
9 The Reception of Greek Drama in Early Modern England 173
Claire Kenward
Part IV The Modern and Contemporary World 199
10 Greece: A History of Turns, Traditions, and Transformations 201
Gonda Van Steen
11 The History of Ancient Drama in Modern Italy 221
Martina Treu
12 The Reception of Greek Theater in France since 1700 238
Cécile Dudouyt
13 Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 257
Anton Bierl
14 The Reception of Greek Drama in Belgium and the Netherlands 283
Thomas Crombez
15 The Reception of Greek Drama in England from the Seventeenth to the Twenty]First Century 304
Betine van Zyl Smit
16 Conquering England: Ireland and Greek Tragedy 323
Fiona Macintosh
17 The Reception of Greek Drama in the Czech Republic 337
Eva Stehlíková
18 Antigone, Medea, and Civilization and Barbarism in Spanish American History 348
Aníbal A. Biglieri
19 Greek Drama in the Arab World 364
Mohammad Almohanna
20 The Reception of Greek Tragedy in Japan 382
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
21 Greek Drama in North America 397
Peter Meineck
22 Greek Drama in Australia 422
Paul Monaghan
23 The Reception of Greek Drama in Africa: “A Tradition That Intends to Be Established” 446
Barbara Goff
24 Greek Drama in Opera 464
Michael Ewans
25 Filmed Tragedy 486
Kenneth MacKinnon
References 506
Index 552
