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The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama (review)

Recent years have seen a rebirth of interest in the contentious theory that drama sprang from ritual, from both within and outside of Classical studies. On the crest of this “New Ritualism,” Eric Csapo (Classics) and Margaret C. Miller (Classical Archeology) have assembled an up-to-date collection of research on the prehistory of drama. As a counter to the default “Hellenocentrism” that has historically dominated the subject, this new and innovative volume features essays devoted to comparative studies of ritual and drama in medieval European, ancient Egyptian, and classical Japanese cultures. Considering all of the specialized knowledge involved, the editors have labored heroically to produce a dialogic exchange among the participant authors and their respective fields, both through their editorial process and through the inclusion of topical introductions and seminar-style discussion summaries for each group of essays.