The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
ISBN-10
0521747406
ISBN-13
9780521747400
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 12th, 2014
Print length
518 Pages
Weight
740 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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A sophisticated but accessible introduction to the full range of surviving Greek comedy of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It combines literary perspectives with the exploration of relevant historical issues and the artistic and archaeological evidence, providing a unique panorama of this challenging area of ancient Greek literature.
Greek comedy flourished in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, both in and beyond Athens. Aristophanes and Menander are the best-known writers whose work is in part extant, but many other dramatists are known from surviving fragments of their plays. This sophisticated but accessible introduction explores the genre as a whole, integrating literary questions (such as characterisation, dramatic technique or diction) with contextual ones (for example audience response, festival context, interface with ritual or political frames). In addition, it also discusses relevant historical issues (political, socio-economic and legal) as well as the artistic and archaeological evidence. The result provides a unique panorama of this challenging area of Greek literature which will be of help to students at all levels and from a variety of disciplines but will also provide stimulus for further research.
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