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Aristophanic Comedy
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: K. J. Dover
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1972-03 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Professor Dover's newest book is designed for those who are interested in the history of comedy as an art form but who are not necessarily familiar with the Gre
Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: M. S. Silk
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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All Greek in the text is translated; the versions offered seek to convey the distinctive character of the original."--BOOK JACKET.
Aristophanic Humour
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Peter Swallow
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-11 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as
Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship
Language: en
Pages: 165
Authors: John Zumbrunnen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: University Rochester Press

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Locates in Aristophanes' comedies a complex comic disposition appropriate to the fundamental challenge of ordinary citizenship in a democracy.
Aristophanes' Comedy of Names
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Nikoletta Kanavou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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Aristophanes, the celebrated Greek comic poet, is famous for his plays on contemporary themes, in which he exercises fierce political satire. Ancient political