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Author:

Wiles, David.

Title:

The masks of Menander : sign and meaning in Greek and Roman performance / David Wiles.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

1991

Description:

xv, 271 p., [7] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Classical drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
Menander,--of Athens--Stage history.
Plautus, Titus Maccius--Stage history.
Theater--History--To 500.
Terence--Stage history.
Theater--Greece.
Theater--Rome.
Masks--Greece.
Masks--Rome.
Greek drama
Latin drama
Ménandre,--d'Athènes--Histoire scénique.
Plaute--Histoire scénique.
Térence--Histoire scénique.
Comédie ancienne--Histoire et critique.
Théâtre--Grèce--Histoire.
Théâtre--Rome--Histoire.
Masques--Grèce--Histoire.
Masques--Rome--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-262) and index.

Contents:

1. Text and performance -- 2. Space -- 3. The system of masks -- 4. Masks East and West: contrasts and comparisons -- 5. The Roman mask -- 6. The four mask genera -- 7. Costume and movement -- 8. Language and voice.

ISBN:

9780521401357 (hardback)
0521401356 (hardback)

LCCN:

90002570

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)