{"product_id":"menander-and-the-birth-of-mitch-brown-9780299349608","title":"Menander and the Birth of Domestic Drama","description":"Although few of his plays exist in full today, the fourth-century BCE Greek dramatist Menander was known far and wide throughout antiquity. He was one of the first to locate his dramas in the common household, rather than the mythic world of gods and heroes, and is now recognized as one of the pioneering figures of ancient Greek \"New Comedy.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The design of the Greek stage was such that the interiors of houses were almost never shown, which posed difficulties for a playwright interested in staging the domestic lives of ordinary people. Here, Mitch Brown dissects how Menander responded to this challenge. As Brown demonstrates, Menander successfully conjured offstage action and even characters in the audiences' imaginations; these offstage universes, Brown argues, are fundamental to understanding Menander's dramaturgy and its reception in later centuries. Menander's offstage methods and the new type of play (domestic drama) that he inaugurated directly influenced Western theater into the early modern period--and the impact of his innovations can still be seen indirectly today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitch Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299349608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299349608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Mitch Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489660096767,"sku":"9780299349608","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79c178fd-94cd-494f-9098-bfea15ba67a4.jpg?v=1736954203","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/menander-and-the-birth-of-mitch-brown-9780299349608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}