Ebook: A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama

A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day.;Foreword -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Note on nomenclature and spelling -- Introduction -- The reception of Greek tragedy from 500 to 323 BC -- Greek comedy and its reception, c. 500-323 BC -- Greek drama in the Hellenistic world -- Greek comedy at Rome -- Roman tragedy -- Ancient drama in the Medieval world -- The reception of ancient drama in Renaissance Italy -- Ancient drama in the French Renaissance and up to Louis XIV -- The reception of Greek drama in early modern England -- Greece: a history of turns, traditions, and transformations -- The history of ancient drama in modern Italy -- The reception of Greek theater in France since 1700 -- Germany, Austria, and Switzerland -- The reception of Greek drama in Belgium and the Netherlands -- The reception of Greek drama in England from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century -- Conquering England: Ireland and Greek tragedy -- The reception of Greek drama in the Czech Republic -- Antigone, Medea, and civilization and barbarism in Spanish American history -- Greek drama in the Arab world -- The reception of Greek tragedy in Japan -- Greek drama in North America -- Greek drama in Australia -- The reception of Greek drama in Africa: "a tradition that intends to be established" -- Greek drama in opera -- Filmed tragedy.