Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy

ISBN-13: 9780199287857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 400 str.

S. Douglas Olson

Opis

A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian Old', Middle', and New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.

Recenzje

this book would be well-placed in the library of anyone who is interested in Greek comedy

O autorze

S. Douglas Olson is Distinguished McKnight Professor at the University of Minnesota.