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Author Gum, Coburn

Title The Aristophanic comedies of Ben Jonson : a comparative study of Jonson and Aristophanes / Coburn Gum
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
©1969

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages)
Series Studies in English Literature ; 40
Contents Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I.A New Approach to an Old Subject -- II. The Plots and Characters of Aristophanes and Jonson -- III. The Inverted Worlds of Two Comic Dramatists -- IV. The Obscenities and Indecencies in Aristophanes and Jonson -- V. Aristophanic Satire and Didacticism in Jonson's Comedy -- VI. Personal Satire in Aristophanes and Jonson -- VII. Jonson's Imitations and Adaptations of the Aristophanic Parabasis -- VIII. Parallel Passages in Aristophanes and Jonson -- IX. Why Jonson Failed -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Subject Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Comedies
Aristophanes -- Influence
SUBJECT Aristophanes fast
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 fast
Subject English drama (Comedy) -- Greek influences
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
English drama (Comedy) -- Greek influences
Humorous plays
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783111391472
3111391477