| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- 1. Delayed Applause: Competitive Aesthetics and the Construction of the Comic Canon -- Part 1: Wasps -- 2. A Touch of Class: The Enduring Texture of Aristophanic Comedy -- 3. Emotional Rescue and Generic Demotion: Old Comedians and Tragedy's Ragged Audience -- 4. The Broken Net: Comic Failure and Its Consequences -- Part 2: Clouds -- 5. Aristophanes' Electra Complex and the Future of Comedy -- Epilogue -- Synopses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427-386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theatrical genre of Old Comedy. In this groundbreaking book, situated within the affective turn in the humanities, Mario Telò explores a vital yet understudied question: how did this view of Aristophanes arise, and why did his popularity eventually eclipse that of his rivals? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2016) |
| Subject |
Aristophanes -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Aristophanes fast |
| Subject |
Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Greek drama (Comedy)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226309729 |
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022630972X |
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