The Roman Audience
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The Roman Theatre And Its Audience
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Author : Richard C. Beacham
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1991
The Roman Theatre And Its Audience written by Richard C. Beacham and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Provides a general account of the Roman theater and its audience, and records some of the results of the author's experiments in constructing a full-scale replica stage based upon the wall paintings at Pompeii and Herculaneum, and producing Roman plays upon it.
The Roman Audience
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Author : Timothy Peter Wiseman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Roman Audience written by Timothy Peter Wiseman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Latin literature categories.
In an ambitious overview of 1000 years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T.P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of 'literature' to mass public audiences. The treatment is chronological, utilising wherever possible contemporary sources and the close reading of texts. Presenting the history of Roman literature as an integral part of the social and political history of the Roman people, he draws some unexpected inferences from the evidence that survives. In particular, he emphasises the significance of the annual series of 'stage games', and reveals the hitherto unexplored common ground of literature, drama and dance.
The Roman Audience
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Author : T. P. Wiseman
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2015-09-24
The Roman Audience written by T. P. Wiseman and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with History categories.
Who were Roman authors writing for? Only a minority of the population was fully literate and books were very expensive, individually hand-written on imported papyrus. So does it follow that great poets and prose authors like Virgil and Livy, Ovid and Petronius, were writing only for the cultured and the privileged? It is this modern consensus that is challenged in this volume. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of 'literature' to mass public audiences. The treatment is chronological, utilizing wherever possible contemporary sources and the close reading of texts. Wiseman sees the history of Roman literature as an integral part of the social and political history of the Roman people, and draws some very unexpected inferences from the evidence that survives. In particular, he emphasizes the significance of the annual series of 'stage games' (ludi scaenici), and reveals the hitherto unexplored common ground of literature, drama, and dance. Direct, accessible, and clearly written, The Roman Audience provides a fundamental reinterpretation of Roman literature as part of the historical experience of the Roman people, making it essential reading for all Latinists and Roman historians.
Actors And Audience In The Roman Courtroom
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Author : Leanna Bablitz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-08-07
Actors And Audience In The Roman Courtroom written by Leanna Bablitz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-07 with History categories.
What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience? It was customary for Roman individuals out of general interest to attend the various courts held in public places in the city centre and as such the Roman courts held an important position in the Roman community on a sociological level as well as a letigious one. This book considers many aspects of Roman courts in the first two centuries AD, both civil and criminal, and illuminates the interaction of Romans of every social group. Actors and Audience in the Roman Courtroom is an essential resource for courses on Roman social history and Roman law as a historical phenomenon.
Texts And Contexts
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Author : Kenneth Quinn
language : en
Publisher: London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul
Release Date : 1979
Texts And Contexts written by Kenneth Quinn and has been published by London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Literary Criticism categories.
The purpose of this work is to identify those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive because of their intrinsic quality and their lasting significance. The most important of these texts are placed in the context of the tradition which each represents and which each group of texts, taken together, constitutes. Four main streams of tradition are identified: the poet as storyteller (narrative poetry and drama), the poet as teacher (didactic poetry), the poet as himself (personal poetry and the poetry of social comment), and Roman literary prose. Each major text is presented in the form of one or more passages of substantial length for analysis in detail and comparison with related works. The translations used include leading literary translations since the sixteenth century. The result is a history of Roman literature in which the emphasis is laid on the quality of the texts discussed rather than on comprehensiveness of treatment, and on organic relationships rather than on chronology.
The Theater Of Plautus
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Author : Timothy J. Moore
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-07-05
The Theater Of Plautus written by Timothy J. Moore and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
The relationship between actors and spectators has been of perennial interest to playwrights. The Roman playwright Plautus (ca. 200 BCE) was particularly adept at manipulating this relationship. Plautus allowed his actors to acknowledge freely the illusion in which they were taking part, to elicit laughter through humorous asides and monologues, and simultaneously to flatter and tease the spectators. These metatheatrical techniques are the focus of Timothy J. Moore's innovative study of the comedies of Plautus. The first part of the book examines Plautus' techniques in detail, while the second part explores how he used them in the plays Pseudolus, Amphitruo, Curculio, Truculentus, Casina, and Captivi. Moore shows that Plautus employed these dramatic devices not only to entertain his audience but also to satirize aspects of Roman society, such as shady business practices and extravagant spending on prostitutes, and to challenge his spectators' preconceptions about such issues as marriage and slavery. These findings forge new links between Roman comedy and the social and historical context of its performance.
Actors In The Audience
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Author : Shadi Bartsch
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1994
Actors In The Audience written by Shadi Bartsch and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Tacitus, Suetonius, and Juvenal all figure in Bartsch's shrewd analysis of historical and literary responses to the brute facts of empire; even the Panegyricus of Pliny the Younger now appears as a reaction against the widespread awareness of dissimulation.
Texts And Contexts The Roman Writers An Their Audience By Kenneth Quinn
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Author : Patrick G. Walsh
language : en
Publisher:
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Texts And Contexts The Roman Writers An Their Audience By Kenneth Quinn written by Patrick G. Walsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Romans And The Apologetic Tradition
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Author : Anthony J. Guerra
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-01-05
Romans And The Apologetic Tradition written by Anthony J. Guerra and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-05 with Religion categories.
Of all the letters in the Pauline corpus, the Letter to the Romans has attracted the greatest degree of scholarly attention. Yet surprisingly scant consideration has been given to the question of its literary genre. Taking up the comparatively brief suggestions of previous scholars, Dr Guerra argues that the Letter belongs to the protreptic genre - the class of writing in antiquity which urges the adoption of a particular way of life (or a deeper commitment to it), setting out its advantages, replying to objections, and demonstrating its superiority. Working through each chapter of the Letter in turn, he indicates how Paul provides a critique of non-Christian ways of life (both Jewish and Gentile) and affirms the superiority of the Christian Gospel. It becomes apparent that the Pauline apologetics of Romans stand between the hellenistic Jewish tradition and the later Greek Christian apologists, and may have influenced the latter.
Paul His Roman Audience And The Adopted People Of God
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Author : Edward W. Watson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Paul His Roman Audience And The Adopted People Of God written by Edward W. Watson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Adoption categories.
Argues that the use of the metaphor of adoption as a literary construct in Romans would have aided Paul's intended audience in the understanding of their Christian experience both in the present and at the eschaton.