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Figures of Play: Greek Drama and Metafictional Poetics Dobrov, Gregory W. (Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Figures of Play: Greek Drama and Metafictional Poetics
Dobrov, Gregory W. (Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, Assistant Professor of Greek and Latin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
This study explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. The "syntax" of drama is shown to involve specific "figures of play" through which the theatrical medium turns back on itself to study the various contexts of its production.
238 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 14, 2000 |
| Original release date | 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195116588 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 236 × 19 mm · 494 g |
| Language | English |