{"product_id":"aristophanes-c-w-marshall-9781350080928","title":"Aristophanes: Frogs","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking, Aristophanes' \u003ci\u003eFrogs\u003c\/i\u003e (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient comedies. This new introduction guides students through the play, its themes and contemporary contexts, and its reception history. \u003ci\u003eFrogs\u003c\/i\u003e offers sustained engagement with the Athenian literary scene, with the politics of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War, and with the religious understanding of the fifth-century city. It presents the earliest direct criticism of theatre and a detailed description of the Underworld, and also dramatizes the place of Mystery cults in the religious life of Athens and shows the political concerns that galvanized the citizens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is also genuinely \u003ci\u003efunny\u003c\/i\u003e, showcasing a range of comic techniques, including literary and musical parody, political invective, grotesque distortion, wordplay, prop comedy, and funny costumes. \u003ci\u003eFrogs\u003c\/i\u003e has inspired literary works by Henry Fielding, George Bernard Shaw, and Tom Stoppard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores all of these features in a series of short chapters designed to be accessible to a new reader of ancient comedy. It proceeds linearly through the play, addressing a range of issues, but paying particular attention to stagecraft and performance. It also offers a bold new interpretation of the play, suggesting that the action of \u003ci\u003eFrogs\u003c\/i\u003e was not the first time Euripides and Aeschylus had competed against each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. W. Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350080926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350080928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d","brand":"C. W. Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457905635583,"sku":"9781350080928","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e5a28be-12b6-4bba-beb4-2fcae22dc541.jpg?v=1777401524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristophanes-c-w-marshall-9781350080928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}