Description |
vii, 320 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Prologomena: the theatre of Aristophanes today--1. His childhood and inheritance--2. The festivities of Dionysus--3. Attic comedy--4. The Peloponnesian war--5. The Acharnians - comedy and ideology--6. The Knights and its enigmatic hero--7. The Clouds and Socrates--8. The Wasps go to court--9. The peace of Nicias and the Peace--10. Intermission--11. Sicily and Cloudcuckoo City--12. The Lysistrata, last war play--13. The trial of Euripides at the Thesmophoria--14. The Frogs and the end of tragedy--15. Transition to the fourth century--16. The posterity of Aristophanes |
Notes |
Translation of Ho zōntanos Aristophanēs |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Aristophanes.
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Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
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Author |
Felheim, Marvin, 1914-1979.
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LC no. |
73080576 |
ISBN |
0472087983 |
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