{"product_id":"menander-alan-h-sommerstein-9781350226685","title":"Menander: Epitrepontes","description":"This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander's comedies to \u003ci\u003eEpitrepontes (The Arbitration)\u003c\/i\u003e, arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It explains what we know about the play, how we know it, and how far we can tentatively fill in the gaps in our knowledge. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sommerstein analyses the nature of the dramatic genre (Athenian New Comedy) to which \u003ci\u003eEpitrepontes\u003c\/i\u003ebelongs. He assesses the plot and the characters, every one of whom makes an essential contribution to the uplifting outcome, and the social and ethical assumptions that dramatist and audience shared. As well as looking at the influences of earlier drama and of contemporary philosophical and popular thought, he considers the afterlife of Menandrian comedy in general and of \u003ci\u003eEpitrepontes\u003c\/i\u003ein particular, both in antiquity and in modern times, but also in the long period in between, when Menander was the great dramatist whose plays were thought to have been irrevocably lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan H. Sommerstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350226688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350226685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d","brand":"Alan H. Sommerstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071398277375,"sku":"9781350226685","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9949706-6c7b-4b90-aae8-b764a72c3657.jpg?v=1685435860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/menander-alan-h-sommerstein-9781350226685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}