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Athenian Comedy in the Roman Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472588838)
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xAthenian comedy is firmly entrenched in the classical canon, but imperial authors debated, dissected and redirected comic texts, plots and language of Aristophanes, Menander, and their rivals in ways that reflect the non-Athenocentric, pan-Mediterranean performance culture of the imperial era. Although the reception of tragedy beyond its own contemporary era has been studied, the legacy of Athenian comedy in the Roman world is less well understood.
This volume offers the first expansive treatment of the reception of Athenian comedy in the Roman Empire. These engaged and engaging studies examine the lasting impact of classical Athenian comic drama. Demonstrating a variety of methodologies and scholarly perspectives, sources discussed include papyri, mosaics, stage history, epigraphy and a broad range of literature such as dramatic works in Latin and Greek, including verse satire, essays, and epistolary fiction.Author: C. W. Marshall
ISBN-10: 1472588835
ISBN-13: 9781472588838
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2015
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2016
By C. W. Marshall
xTom Hawkins is Associate Professor of Classics at Ohio State University, USA, and the author of Iambic Poetics in the Roman Empire (2014).
C. W. Marshall is Professor of Greek at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His publications include The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy (2006), Classics and Comics (2011) and No Laughing Matter (Bloomsbury, 2012) and The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen (2014).Recently Viewed Products
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