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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.
Philosophy & Comedy
Language: en
Pages: 504
Authors: Bernard Freydberg
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Reveals comedy's contributions to the philosophical enterprise
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 the Democrat
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Keith Sidwell
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book argues that writers of Old Comedy belonged to recognisable political circles and used their comedy to disparage their political enemies.