Aristophanes
An Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2013
192 pages
978-1-4725-1961-0 (ISBN)
Description
This accessible introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest comic writers tackles key questions posed by Aristophanes' plays, such as staging, humour, songs, obscene language, politics and the modern translation and performance of Aristophanic comedy. The book opens up exciting and contentious areas of Aristophanic scholarship in a way that is engaging and readily comprehensible to a non-specialist audience, never losing sight of the fact that Aristophanes' plays are vibrant literary texts, designed primarily to appeal to a classical Athenian audience as pieces of living drama. Key to the book's appeal is that James Robson conceives of the plays as dynamic texts, containing a treasure trove of information not only about how they might have been performed and received in classical Athens, but also how they might be read and understood today. Most importantly, readers are given the tools and information to make their own minds up about the debates that still rage about Aristophanic comedy in the modern world.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-1961-0 (9781472519610)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2009
Bristol Classical Press
€30.00
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Person
James Robson is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK, and the author of Humour, Obscenity and Aristophanes (2006).
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Note on Greek Names and Words
1. Aristophanes and Old Comedy
2. Putting on a Show
3. Setting the Scene: Theatre Space and Costumes
4. Aristophanes the Humorist
5. The People of Aristophanes
6. Tragic Fragments
7. Taking Dirty: Aristophanic Obscenity
8. Waxing Lyrical: Aristophanes the Songwriter
9. Getting the Message: Aristophanic Politics
10. Aristophanes in the Modern World: Translation and Performance
Notes
Bibliography and Abbreviations
Index of Principal Passages Cited
General Index
Acknowledgements
Preface
Note on Greek Names and Words
1. Aristophanes and Old Comedy
2. Putting on a Show
3. Setting the Scene: Theatre Space and Costumes
4. Aristophanes the Humorist
5. The People of Aristophanes
6. Tragic Fragments
7. Taking Dirty: Aristophanic Obscenity
8. Waxing Lyrical: Aristophanes the Songwriter
9. Getting the Message: Aristophanic Politics
10. Aristophanes in the Modern World: Translation and Performance
Notes
Bibliography and Abbreviations
Index of Principal Passages Cited
General Index
