{"product_id":"objects-as-actors-melissa-mueller-9780226312958","title":"Objects as Actors: Props and the Poetics of Performance in Greek Tragedy","description":"\u003ci\u003eObjects as Actors\u003c\/i\u003e charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked, fact: Greek tragedy was meant to be performed. As plays, the works were incomplete without physical items--theatrical props. In this book, Melissa Mueller ingeniously demonstrates the importance of objects in the staging and reception of Athenian tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Mueller shows, props such as weapons, textiles, and even letters were often fully integrated into a play's action. They could provoke surprising plot turns, elicit bold viewer reactions, and provide some of tragedy's most thrilling moments. Whether the sword of Sophocles's \u003ci\u003eAjax\u003c\/i\u003e, the tapestry in Aeschylus's \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, or the tablet of Euripides's \u003ci\u003eHippolytus\u003c\/i\u003e, props demanded attention as a means of uniting--or disrupting--time, space, and genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Insightful and original, \u003ci\u003eObjects as Actors\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh perspective on the central tragic texts--and encourages us to rethink ancient theater as a whole. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Mueller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022631295X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226312958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2016 pg. 18","brand":"Melissa Mueller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086402892031,"sku":"9780226312958","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0214cb57-5476-4463-a23f-757713a0d929.jpg?v=1769094480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/objects-as-actors-melissa-mueller-9780226312958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}