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Item Details
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NEW COMEDY
ARISTOPHANES AND MENANDER |
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"Women in Power", "Wealth", "The Malcontent", "The Woman from Samos" |
| By: |
Aristophanes, Menander, Kenneth McLeish (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0413671801 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780413671806 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
14 March, 1994 |
| Series: |
Classical Dramatists |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
These plays, written after the defeat of Athens by the Spartans and the restoration of democracy, signal a change of emphasis in stage comedy more appropriate to the new world order. They represent the beginning of the European comic tradition. |
| Synopsis: |
An essential book for students of Greek drama and literature: Aristophanes is widely regarded as one of Ancient Greece's foremost satirists - offering students of the period a unique insight into the world of Athens and its theatre Written in the century following the defeat of Athens by the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War, these four plays signal a change of emphasis in stage comedy more appropriate to the new world order of the fourth century BC. Women in Power and Wealth complete the cycle of Aristophanes' extant plays begun in Aristophanes Plays: One and Two, translated by Kenneth McLeish and J Michael Walton. These editions provide full introductions; discussing the plays and placing them in their political and social context.Aristophanes was a unique writer for the comic stage as well as one of the most revealing about the society for which he wrote. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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