Rehearsals of Manhood: Athenian Drama as Social Practice
By (Author) David M. Halperin
By (author) John J. Winkler
Edited by Kirk Ormand
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
30th May 2023
United States
General
Non Fiction
Ancient history
882.010935211
Hardback
240
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
A bold reconception of ancient Greek drama by one of the most brilliant and original classical scholars of his generation When John Winkler died in 1990, he left an unpublished manuscript containing a highly original interpretation of the development and meaning of ancient Greek drama. Rehearsals of Manhood makes this groundbreaking work availab
John J. Winkler (19431990) was professor of classics at Stanford University. His books include The Constraints of Desire: The Anthropology of Sex and Gender in Ancient Greece and Auctor & Actor: A Narratological Reading of Apuleius's "The Golden Ass."