Aristophanes and the definition of comedy /

The enigma of 'serious comedy' and of Aristophanes' complex preoccupation with tragedy is at the centre of a new assessment of Aristophanic comedy as a whole. All Greek in the text is translated; the versions offered seek to convey the distinctive character of the original."--Jac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silk, M. S. (Michael Stephen), 1941-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Aristophanes > Criticism and interpretation. Aristophanes Greek drama (Comedy) > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Comedy. Comédie grecque > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc. Comédie. comedy plays. Comedy Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Three openings
Comedy and tragedy
Language and style
The lesson of the lyric poetry
Character and characterization
Causal sequences and other patterns
Serious issues and 'serious comedy'
Mode, meaning, and assessment.