Author : Michael Fontaine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 2014-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0199743541
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy marks the first comprehensive introduction to and reference work for the unified study of ancient comedy. From its birth in Greece to its end in Rome, from its Hellenistic to its Imperial receptions, no topic is neglected. The 41 essays offer cutting-edge guides through comedy's immense terrain.
Author : Aristophanes
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Greek drama
ISBN :
Author : Shawn O'Bryhim
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,72 MB
Release : 2001-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292760554
Much of what we know of Greco-Roman comedy comes from the surviving works of just four playwrights—the Greeks Aristophanes and Menander and the Romans Plautus and Terence. To introduce these authors and their work to students and general readers, this book offers a new, accessible translation of a representative play by each playwright, accompanied by a general introduction to the author's life and times, a scholarly article on a prominent theme in the play, and a bibliography of selected readings about the play and playwright. This range of material, rare in a single volume, provides several reading and teaching options, from the study of a single author to an overview of the entire Classical comedic tradition. The plays have been translated for readability and fidelity to the original text by established Classics scholars. Douglas Olson provides the translation and commentary for Aristophanes' Acharnians, Shawn O'Bryhim for Menander's Dyskolos, George Fredric Franco for Plautus' Casina, and Timothy J. Moore for Terence's Phormio.
Author : Martin Revermann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521760283
This book provides a unique panorama of this challenging area of Greek literature, combining literary perspectives with historical issues and material culture.
Author : George E. Duckworth
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1400872375
This book provides the most complete and definitive study of Roman comedy. Originally published in 1952. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Robert Willoughby Corrigan
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780936839851
Gathers comedies by Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence and discusses the background of each play
Author : Martin T. Dinter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1107002109
Provides a comprehensive critical engagement with Roman comedy and its reception presented by leading international scholars in accessible and up-to-date chapters.
Author : Timothy J. Moore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 10,85 MB
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1107006481
This book offers a new explanation of how the plays of Plautus and Terence worked as musical theatre.
Author : Gesine Manuwald
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 12,82 MB
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004435123
This contribution by Gesine Manuwald provides an introduction to all varieties of ‘Roman comedy’, including primarily fabula palliata (‘New Comedy’, as represented by Plautus and Terence) as well as fabula togata, fabula Atellana, mimus and pantomimus. It examines the major developments in the establishment of these dramatic genres, their main characteristics, the performance contexts for them in Republican Rome, and their reception. The presentation of the key facts is accompanied by a description of the influential turns and recent trends in scholarship on Roman comedy. The essay is designed for scholars, teachers and (graduate) students who have some familiarity with Roman literature and are looking for (further) orientation in the area of Roman comedy.
Author : David Konstan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1501731750
This book explores the social institutions, the prevailing social values, and the ideology of the ancient city-state as revealed in Roman Comedy. "The very essence of comedy is social," writes David Konstan, "and in the complex movement of its plots we may be able to discern the lineaments and contradictions of the reigning ideas of an age." David Konstan looks closely at eight plays: Plautus's Aulularia, Asinaria, Captivi, Rudens, Cistellaria, and Truculentus, and Terence's Phormio and Hecyra. Offering new interpretations of each, he develops a "typology of plot forms" by analyzing structural features and patterns of conventional behavior in the plays, and he relates the results of his literary analysis to contemporary social conditions. He argues that the plays address tensions that were potentially disruptive to the ancient city-state, and that they tended to resolve these tensions in ways that affirmed traditional values. Roman Comedy is an innovative and challenging book that will be welcomed by students of classical literature, ancient social history, the history of the theater, and comedy as a genre.
