Emotion in action : Thucydides and the tragic chorus /

Emotion in action : Thucydides and the tragic chorus /

Emotion in Action: Thucydides and the Tragic Chorus offers a new approach to the tragic chorus by examining how certain choruses 'act' on their shared feelings. Eirene Visvardi redefines choral action, analyzes choruses that enact fear and pity, and juxtaposes them to the Athenian dêmos in...

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Main Author: Visvardi, Eirene.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 377.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Thucydides > Criticism and interpretation.
Thucydides.
Drama > Chorus (Greek drama)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: DF229.T6 V57 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Choral Emotions and Collective Passions: Questions and Approaches, Old and New
  • 2 Contextualizing Choral Emotions: Thucydides and Collective Psychology
  • 3 Emotion in Aeschylus' Active Choruses
  • 4 Enacting Choral Emotion: Sophocles and Euripides
  • Coda: The Value(s) of Collective Emotion in Action
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Sources.