Platonic Drama and Its Ancient Reception

by Nikos G. Charalabopoulos

Book Overview

As prose dramatic texts Plato's dialogues would have been read by their original audience as an alternative type of theatrical composition. The 'paradox' of the dialogue form is explained by his appropriation of the discourse of theatre, the dominant public mode of communication of his time. The oral performance of his works is suggested both by the pragmatics of the publication of literary texts in the classical period and by his original role as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108439411
• ISBN13: 9781108439411
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"