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02940aam a2200409 i 4500 001 90B49EA2580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170630s2018 caua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017029449 020 $a 0520295900 020 $a 9780520295902 035 $a (OCoLC)981118170 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c CUS $d DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PA3978 $b .W43 2018 082 00 $a 882/.01 $2 23 100 1 $a Weiss, Naomi A., $d 1982- $e author. 245 14 $a The music of tragedy : $b performance and imagination in Euripidean theater / $c Naomi A. Weiss. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xiii, 284 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 505 0 $a Introduction : in search of tragedy's music -- Words, music, and dance in archaic lyric and classical tragedy -- Chorus, character, and plot in Electra -- Musical absence in Troades -- Musical paradigms and the shaping of narrative in Helen -- From choreia to monody in Iphigenia in Aulis -- Conclusion : Euripides' musical innovations. 520 $a "The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides' allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides' experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousike within a broader cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage. If we wish to understand better the trajectories of this most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music and text"--Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Euripides $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 07 $a Euripides. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00037200 650 0 $a Greek drama (Tragedy) $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Music, Greek and Roman $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Greek drama (Tragedy) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00947146 650 7 $a Music, Greek and Roman. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01030666 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Weiss, Naomi A., 1982- $t Music of tragedy. $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] $z 9780520968493 $w (DLC) 2017034384 830 0 $a Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210020301.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=90B49EA2580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search