Emma Cole is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Australian Research Council's (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. A classicist and theatre historian, she specialises in Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre. She is author of Punchdrunk on the Classics (2024) and Postdramatic Tragedies (2020).

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgments1. Antiquity and Immersivity: An Introduction, Emma Cole (University of Queensland, Australia)Part One: Immersion in Literature2. Reading the River Maeánder: Immersive Narrative in the Literature of the Labyrinth, Rae Muhlstock (University at Albany, USA)3. The Sirens and the Dark Side of Immersion in Antiquity, Jonas Grethlein (University of Heidelberg, Germany)4. Immersion, Emotion and Sensory Hierarchy: Thucydides beyond enargeia?, Elizabeth Webb (Open University, UK)Part Two: Immersion and Imagery5. Total Immersion Tropes: Environmental Materiality and Roman World-Formation, Diana Spencer (University of Birmingham, UK) 6. Imitating Passions Visually, Imitating Ancient Authors: Lessing’s Laokoon as an ‘Immersive’ Lens for a Comparison between Vergil and Petronius, Tiziana Ragno (Università di Foggia, Italy)7. ‘To revive ancient life’: Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Perceptual Immersion, Marte Stinis (University of York, UK)Part Three: Immersion, Theatre and Intermediality8. Experiencing the Sacred in the Theatre of Pentheus: Bad Faith Immersion from the Performance Group to Punchdrunk, David Bullen (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)9. The Voice of Gods in Your Ear: Becoming the Avatar in Immersive Performance, Misha Myers (University of Greenwich, UK) Part Four: Immersion and Gameplay10. Immersivity in ‘Virtual Antiquity’, Richard Cole (University of Bristol, UK)11. Immersive Metalepsis and (other) ‘Fantasies of Antiquity’ in Games, Benjamin Eldon Stevens (Howard University, USA)Part Five: Immersion and Heritage12. Bringing the Voices of Roman London to life: Poetry and Space, Charlotte Parkyn (Notre Dame International, UK) & Josephine Balmer (Independent Scholar, UK)13. Ancient Roman House to Modern Museum: Doubling the Horizons of Immersion through Exhibitions, Alina Kozlovski (University of New England, Australia)NotesBibliographyIndex

Emma Cole is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Australian Research Council's (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. A classicist and theatre historian, she specialises in Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre. She is author of Punchdrunk on the Classics (2024) and Postdramatic Tragedies (2020).

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgments1. Antiquity and Immersivity: An Introduction, Emma Cole (University of Queensland, Australia)Part One: Immersion in Literature2. Reading the River Maeánder: Immersive Narrative in the Literature of the Labyrinth, Rae Muhlstock (University at Albany, USA)3. The Sirens and the Dark Side of Immersion in Antiquity, Jonas Grethlein (University of Heidelberg, Germany)4. Immersion, Emotion and Sensory Hierarchy: Thucydides beyond enargeia?, Elizabeth Webb (Open University, UK)Part Two: Immersion and Imagery5. Total Immersion Tropes: Environmental Materiality and Roman World-Formation, Diana Spencer (University of Birmingham, UK) 6. Imitating Passions Visually, Imitating Ancient Authors: Lessing’s Laokoon as an ‘Immersive’ Lens for a Comparison between Vergil and Petronius, Tiziana Ragno (Università di Foggia, Italy)7. ‘To revive ancient life’: Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Perceptual Immersion, Marte Stinis (University of York, UK)Part Three: Immersion, Theatre and Intermediality8. Experiencing the Sacred in the Theatre of Pentheus: Bad Faith Immersion from the Performance Group to Punchdrunk, David Bullen (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)9. The Voice of Gods in Your Ear: Becoming the Avatar in Immersive Performance, Misha Myers (University of Greenwich, UK) Part Four: Immersion and Gameplay10. Immersivity in ‘Virtual Antiquity’, Richard Cole (University of Bristol, UK)11. Immersive Metalepsis and (other) ‘Fantasies of Antiquity’ in Games, Benjamin Eldon Stevens (Howard University, USA)Part Five: Immersion and Heritage12. Bringing the Voices of Roman London to life: Poetry and Space, Charlotte Parkyn (Notre Dame International, UK) & Josephine Balmer (Independent Scholar, UK)13. Ancient Roman House to Modern Museum: Doubling the Horizons of Immersion through Exhibitions, Alina Kozlovski (University of New England, Australia)NotesBibliographyIndex

Emma Cole is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Australian Research Council's (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. A classicist and theatre historian, she specialises in Greek tragedy in contemporary theatre. She is author of Punchdrunk on the Classics (2024) and Postdramatic Tragedies (2020).

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgments1. Antiquity and Immersivity: An Introduction, Emma Cole (University of Queensland, Australia)Part One: Immersion in Literature2. Reading the River Maeánder: Immersive Narrative in the Literature of the Labyrinth, Rae Muhlstock (University at Albany, USA)3. The Sirens and the Dark Side of Immersion in Antiquity, Jonas Grethlein (University of Heidelberg, Germany)4. Immersion, Emotion and Sensory Hierarchy: Thucydides beyond enargeia?, Elizabeth Webb (Open University, UK)Part Two: Immersion and Imagery5. Total Immersion Tropes: Environmental Materiality and Roman World-Formation, Diana Spencer (University of Birmingham, UK) 6. Imitating Passions Visually, Imitating Ancient Authors: Lessing’s Laokoon as an ‘Immersive’ Lens for a Comparison between Vergil and Petronius, Tiziana Ragno (Università di Foggia, Italy)7. ‘To revive ancient life’: Lawrence Alma-Tadema and Perceptual Immersion, Marte Stinis (University of York, UK)Part Three: Immersion, Theatre and Intermediality8. Experiencing the Sacred in the Theatre of Pentheus: Bad Faith Immersion from the Performance Group to Punchdrunk, David Bullen (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)9. The Voice of Gods in Your Ear: Becoming the Avatar in Immersive Performance, Misha Myers (University of Greenwich, UK) Part Four: Immersion and Gameplay10. Immersivity in ‘Virtual Antiquity’, Richard Cole (University of Bristol, UK)11. Immersive Metalepsis and (other) ‘Fantasies of Antiquity’ in Games, Benjamin Eldon Stevens (Howard University, USA)Part Five: Immersion and Heritage12. Bringing the Voices of Roman London to life: Poetry and Space, Charlotte Parkyn (Notre Dame International, UK) & Josephine Balmer (Independent Scholar, UK)13. Ancient Roman House to Modern Museum: Doubling the Horizons of Immersion through Exhibitions, Alina Kozlovski (University of New England, Australia)NotesBibliographyIndex