The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy

ISBN-13: 9780190887216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 912 str.

Michael Fontaine; Adele C. Scafuro

Opis

The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy marks the first comprehensive introduction to and reference work for the unified study of ancient comedy. From its birth in Greece to its end in Rome, from its Hellenistic to its Imperial receptions, no topic is neglected. The 41 essays offer cutting-edge guides through comedy's immense terrain.

Recenzje

This is a massive tome which is not a page too long. The editors' breadth of vision is engrossing and exhilarating, yet they have also taken great pains to allow readers to pursue their own detailed lines of inquiry. For any school or other library it represents a small investment which will offer a disproportionate return. Christopher Tanfield, Classics for All

O autorze

Michael Fontaine is Associate Professor of Classics and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Cornell University. He has published widely on Latin literature, especially Roman Comedy, and is the author of Funny Words in Plautine Comedy (Oxford University Press, 2010). He is now finishing an edition and translation of Joannes Burmeister's Neo-Latin Aulularia and fragmentary Mater-Virgo to appear in 2014. Adele C. Scafuro is Professor of Classics at Brown University and a frequent visitor to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens where she served as Visitng Whitehead Professor in 2004-05. She has published numerous essays on Greek law, epigraphy, and drama, and is the author of The Forensic Stage. Settling Disputes in Graeco-Roman New Comedy (CUP 1997) and most recently, a translation, Demosthenes. Speeches 39-49 (U. of Texas, 2011). She co-edits (with John Bodel) Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy.