Parody, politics and the populace in Greek old comedy /

This book argues that Old Comedy's parodic and non-parodic engagement with tragedy, satyr play and contemporary lyric is geared to enhancing its own status as the preeminent discourse on Athenian art, politics and society. Donald Sells locates the enduring significance of parody in the specific...

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Main Author:	Sells, Donald (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2019]
Series:	Bloomsbury classical studies monographs.
Subjects:	Greek drama (Comedy) > History and criticism. Parody in literature.