The city and the stage : performance, genre, and gender in Plato's laws

The city and the stage : performance, genre, and gender in Plato's laws / Marcus Folch.

Drawing on anthropology, speech act theory, and gender studies, the book offers an exploration of the dialogue between philosophy and poetic art, which will be of interest to anyone concerned with understanding ancient Greek performance and the emergence of philosophical discourse in fourth-century...

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Main Author: Folch, Marcus (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Plato. > Laws.
Laws (Plato)
Greek drama > History and criticism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Greek drama
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Performance and the second-best city
  • Marionettes of the soul : performance and the psychology of Mousike in Plato's Laws
  • The chorus and the critic : literary criticism, theatrocracy, and the performance of philosophy
  • Law's genress : hymns, encomia, and the remaking of lament
  • Unideal genres and the ideal city : comedy, threnody, tragedy, and the limits of the city dancing
  • Women's statuses in Plato's Laws : nature, gender, law, and the performance of citizenship
  • Engenderring harmony : women's songs in plato's laws
  • Epilogue : Plato's last song : a postlude on law and the preludes.

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