Visualizing the Tragic: Drama, Myth, and Ritual in Greek Art and Literature

by Chris Kraus

Athenian tragedy of the fifth century BCE became an international and a canonical genre with remarkable rapidity. It is, therefore, a remarkable test case through which to explore how a genre becomes privileged and what the cultural effects of its continuing appropriation are. In this collection of essays by an international group of distinguished scholars the particular point of reference is the visual, that is, the myriad ways in which tragic texts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199276021
• ISBN13: 9780199276028
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.5"