{"product_id":"the-play-of-space-9780691058092","title":"The Play of Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an approach to the spatial parameters of Greek tragedy as performed in the theater of Dionysus. Emphasizing the interplay between natural place and fictional setting, this book argues for an ecology of the ancient theater, one that 'nests' fifth-century theatrical space within other social, political, and religious spaces of Athens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rehm's readings of individual scenes are frequently stimulating and original. His central intuition, that space matters in Greek tragedy, is an important corrective to the Aristotelian textual approach which has, even recently, continued to dominate readings of Greeks tragedy. The strength of Rehm's readings comes from his awareness of the multiple levels on which these plays operate... He draws on a wide range of scholarship, and argues for a flexible approach, but one which pays attention above all theatrical performance, to the movement of bodies in space.\"--Emily Wilson, Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF FIGURES vii  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix  A NOTE TO THE READER xi  INTRODUCTION 1  CHAPTER ONE: The Theater and Athenian Spatial Practice 35  The Theater of Dionysus 37  The Sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus 41  The City Dionysia: Procession, Sacrifice, and the Secular 44  Inside Out, Outside In: Land, Livelihood, and Living Space in the Polis 54  CHAPTER TWO: Space for Returns 76  The Oresteia: Homecoming and Its Returns 77  Heracles and Home 100  CHAPTER THREE: Eremetic Space 114  Antigone: Desolation Takes the Stage 115  Ajax: Alone in Space, In and Out of Time 123  Philoctetes: The Island eremia 138  Prometheus Bound: The Ends of the Earth 156  CHAPTER FOUR: Space and the Body 168  Hecuba: The Body as Measure 175  Euripides' Electra: The Intimate Body 187  The Bacchae: The Theatrical Body 200  CHAPTER FIVE: Space, Time, and Memory: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus 215  CHAPTER SIX: Space and the Other 236  Persians 239  The Other Medea: Woman, Barbarian, Exile, Athenian 251  CONCLUSION 270  APPENDIX: Theories of Space 273  NOTES 297  BIBLIOGRAPHY 405  INDEX 435","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403704934743,"sku":"9780691058092","price":73.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-play-of-space-9780691058092","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}