Marriage to Death: The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy - Brossura

Rehm, Rush

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9780691029160: Marriage to Death: The Conflation of Wedding and Funeral Rituals in Greek Tragedy

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ISBN 10: 0691029164 ISBN 13: 9780691029160

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1996

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The link between weddings and death--as found in dramas ranging from Romeo and Juliet to Lorca's Blood Wedding--plays a central role in the action of many Greek tragedies. Female characters such as Kassandra, Antigone, and Helen enact and refer to significant parts of wedding and funeral rites, but often in a twisted fashion. Over time the pressure of dramatic events causes the distinctions between weddings and funerals to disappear. In this book, Rush Rehm considers how and why the conflation of the two ceremonies comes to theatrical life in the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripedes. By focusing on the dramatization of important rituals conducted by women in ancient Athenian society, Rehm offers a new perspective on Greek tragedy and the challenges it posed for its audience.

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"Makes a persuasive case for the importance of recognizing this topos in the interpretation and production of the plays."--Nanci DeBloois, Classical Journal

"Rehm wishes . . . to demonstrate how the `cultural paradigms' provided by the ceremonies at weddings and funerals are important bubbles in the cauldron where the tragedians simmered their plots and images. He achieves this in close readings of eight tragedies. . . . As a freelance director, he writes accessibly enough for performers of ancient tragedy on the modern stage."--Edith Hall, The Times Literary Supplement

Contenuti:

	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Note to the Reader
	List of Abbreviations
	Introduction	3
Ch. 1	Fifth-Century Marriage and Funeral Rites	11
Ch. 2	Weddings and Funerals: The Visual Record	30
Ch. 3	The Bride Unveiled: Marriage to Death in Aeschylus' Agamemnon	43
Ch. 4	The Bride and Groom of Death: Sophokles' Antigone	59
Ch. 5	From Death Bed to Marriage Bed: Sophokles' Trachiniae	72
Ch. 6	The Bride from the Grave: Euripides' Alkestis	84
Ch. 7	Torching the Marriage: Euripides' Medea	97
Ch. 8	Following Persephone: Euripides' Supplices and Helen	110
Ch. 9	War Brides and War Dead: Euripides' Troades	128
	Conclusion	136
	Appendix A. The Anakalupteria	141
	Appendix B. Medea 1056-80	143
	Appendix C. Helping Friends and Harming Enemies in Medea	146
	Notes	151
	Glossary	217
	Bibliography	221
	Index	239