Two Dramatizations from Vergil - Couverture souple

Nelson, J Raleigh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1434415988 ISBN 13 : 9781434415981

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2024

Synopsis

English verse versions of Virgil's Dido, the Phoenician Queen, and The Fall of Troy, with stage directions and music for Dido.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Preface The ordinary student of Vergil is too much engrossed with an intensive study of the text, and has too near a view of the poem, to appreciate how fully this story is worked out in detail; how its speech, action, and events all lead to a dramatic climax. There is need only here and there of an interpolated lyric upon some suggested theme, a bit of Vergil sdescription of action or feeling expressed in the actors words, an interjected line to relieve the strain of too long speech all else is Vergil sown, ready to be lifted out of its larger epic setting and portrayed upon the stage. In arranging and translating this epic tragedy, the authors have made only such minor additions and alterations of the original as seemed necessary from the dramatic point of view. Prominent among these are the introduction of lyrics at certain points, the obviously necessary curtailing of the banquet scene by the omission of the long narrative of JE neas, and the removal behind the scenes of the final tragedy of Dido ssuicide. The lyrical parts have been set to original music in sympathy with the themes; stage action and scenery are suggested by outline drawings of the different settings; and idealized figures and costumes are reproduced from ancient vases and bas-reliefs. These figures have, in some cases, been assigned by scholars to other subjects; but they may be taken, for the purposes of the present work, as illustrative of the characters designated. With full consciousness of the shortcomings of the work, but with the hope also of assisting the student in school and home to a fuller appreciation of the power and beauty of Vergil, this volume is respectfully presented to the public.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Myt

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434415988
• ISBN 13: 9781434415981
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Allemagne