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BROKEN LAUGHTER
SELECT FRAGMENTS OF GREEK COMEDY |
| By: |
S. Douglas Olson (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£212.50 |
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£185.94 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199287856 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199287857 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 May, 2007 |
| Pages: |
496 |
| Description: |
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, etc., and a complete translation of the fragments. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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Returnable |
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