Title Greek comedy and ideology / David Konstan

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 244 pages) Contents Introduction -- I. Aristophanic comedy: politics and utopia -- Wasps -- Birds -- Lysistrata -- Frogs -- Wealth -- II. Menandrean comedy: sex and status -- Grouch -- Shorn girl -- Self-tormentor -- Eunuch -- Arbitrants -- The Miser Summary This study analyzes how the structure of ancient Greek comedy betrays and responds to cultural tensions in the society of the classical city-state. Individual chapters treat Aristophanic and Menandrean comedies Analysis Greek drama Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism Political plays, Greek -- History and criticism Politics and literature -- Greece Literature and society -- Greece Social problems in literature. DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Greek drama (Comedy) Literature and society Political plays, Greek Politics and literature Social problems in literature Grieks. Komedies. Sociale aspecten. Literatura grega (história e crítica) Greece Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 94006730 ISBN 9780195357691 0195357698 1602560080 9781602560086 0195092945 9780195092943 1280441887 9781280441882 661044188X 9786610441884

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