| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 The Poetics of the Platonic Dialogue; 2 A Brief History of the Socrates Play; 3 The Drama of Ideas; 4 Dramatic Philosophy; 5 The New Platonists; Epilogue: Dramatic Platonism; Appendix 1: Socrates Titles; Appendix 2: Charting the Socrates Play; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Most philosophy makes little mention of the theater except to denounce it as a place of illusion and moral decay. The theater has tended to respond in kind by steering away from philosophy, driven by the notion that theater consists of actions, not ideas. The Drama of Ideas argues that despite this mutual evasion, the histories of philosophy and theater have in fact been crucially intertwined. Appointing Plato as a hinge figure, Puchner traces this alternative tradition as well as recounting the long-standing philosophical register in drama and philosophy's more recent theatrical shift. Moving |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Plato -- Influence
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Plato |
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Plato v427-v347 |
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Flaemmings, Friederich |
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Platon, 427-347 f.Kr -- influenser. |
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Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Philosophy in literature.
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Drama -- Greek influences
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Drama
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Philosophy in literature
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Rezeption
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Theater
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Toneel.
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Filosofische aspecten.
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Dramatik -- historia -- 1900-talet.
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Filosofi i litteraturen.
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Dramatik -- grekiska influenser.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009026990 |
| ISBN |
9780199742240 |
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0199742243 |
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9780199852796 |
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0199852790 |
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