The Masks of Menander: Sign and Meaning in Greek and Roman Performance by Wiles, David - 1991

Cambridge University Press, 1991. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0521401356

Cambridge University Press, 1991. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0521401356

Cambridge University Press, 1991-07-26. hardcover. Used: Good.

Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0521401356 . Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; 1.06 x 9.33 x 6.26 Inches; 287 pages; This book provides a detailed analysis of the conventions and techniques of performance characteristic of the Greek theatre of Menander and the subsequent Roman theatre of Plautus and Terence. Drawing on literary and archaeological sources, and on scientific treatises, David Wiles identifies the mask as crucial to the actor's art, and shows how sophisticated the art of the mask-maker became. He also examines the other main elements which the audience learned to decode: costume, voice, movement, etc. In order to identify features that were unique to Hellenistic theatre he contrasts Greek New Comedy with other traditions of masked comedy, and shows how different Roman conventions of performance rest upon different underlying assumptions about… Read More

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0521401356 . Publisher's remainder mark to bottom of textblock (small black dot). Small tear to cloth at base of spine (~1 cm). ; 1.06 x 9.33 x 6.26 Inches; 287 pages; This book provides a detailed analysis of the conventions and techniques of performance characteristic of the Greek theatre of Menander and the subsequent Roman theatre of Plautus and Terence. Drawing on literary and archaeological sources, and on scientific treatises, David Wiles identifies the mask as crucial to the actor's art, and shows how sophisticated the art of the mask-maker became. He also examines the other main elements which the audience learned to decode: costume, voice, movement, etc. In order to identify features that were unique to Hellenistic theatre he contrasts Greek New Comedy with other traditions of masked comedy, and shows how different Roman conventions of performance rest upon different underlying assumptions about… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0521401356

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1991. XV,271p. Cloth wrps. 'Der Stoff ist sinnvoll gegliedert. Nach einenr kurzen einleitenden Gegenüberstellung von Menander und Plautus werden in insgesamt acht Kapiteln verschieden Aspekte der szenischen Realisation behandelt: zunächst Text und Darstellung (9-35) und Bühnenraum (36-67), sodann in vier Kapiteln der Gebrauch der Masken, ausgehend von bekannten Katalog des Pollux (68-187), schließlich Kostum und Gestik (188-208) sowie Sprache und Stimme (209-227). Anmerkungen, eine Auswahlbibliographie und ein Index bilden Abschluß. (...) Leider enthält das Buch zahlreiche unbewiesene Spekulationen. (...) W. lenkt den Blick des Philologen auf ein wichtigen, oftmals unterschätzten Aspekt der menandrischen Komödie, doch sein Buch hinterläßt einen zwiespältigen Eindruck. (HORST-DIETER BLUME in Gnomon 66, 1994, pp.667-71). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Cambridge University Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!