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Author:

Fischer-Lichte, Erika, author.

Title:

Tragedy's endurance : performances of Greek tragedies and cultural identity in Germany since 1800 / Erika Fischer-Lichte.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xix, 398 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation--Germany.
Theater--Germany--History.
Germany--Greek influences.--Greek influences.
Civilization--Greek influences.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation.
Theater.
Germany.
Aufführung
Griechisch
Rezeption
Tragödie
Deutschland
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-390) and index.

Summary:

This volume sets out a novel approach to theatre historiography, presenting the history of performances of Greek tragedies in Germany since 1800 as the history of the evolving cultural identity of the educated middle class throughout that period. Philhellenism and theatromania took hold in this milieu amidst attempts to banish the heavily French-influenced German court culture of the mid-eighteenth century, and by 1800 their fusion in performances of Greek tragedies served as the German answer to the French Revolution.

Series:

Classical presences

ISBN:

0199651639
9780199651634

OCLC:

(OCoLC)960463261

LCCN:

2016953555

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)