The Art Of Greek Comedy
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The Art Of Greek Comedy
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Author : Katherine Lever
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-04-26
The Art Of Greek Comedy written by Katherine Lever and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Originally published in 1956, this is a critical analysis of the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander studied in the context of the history of comedy, of the allied arts, and of contemporary life. Aristophanes and Menander are deservedly the most famous writers of Greek comedy. The extant comedies of Aristophanes are notable for wit, comical action, beautiful poetry, and the dramatization of such problems as health of mind and body, sex, money, government, law, religion, education, and drama, music and poetry. Menander portrays with delicate and sympathetic understanding a world in which the seeming evils of loss and discord eventually lead to the genuine goods of discovery and concord. The art of Aristophanes is critically examined in three chapters and that of Menander in one. For centuries Dionysos had been worshipped in a spirit of ecstasy which manifested itself in song, dance and the wearing of masks and costumes, pantomime, farce, and satire. The processes by which these diverse elements were developed and fused into the complex literary form of Old Comedy are the subject of the first three chapters. Aristophanes was not only pre-eminent as a writer of Old Comedy; he also participated in the transformation of Old Comedy into Middle Comedy, a curious and interesting dramatic form which is fully treated in the seventh chapter. In the last chapter the emergence of New Comedy is traced and the art of Menander criticized. The book ends with a brief indication of the various forms in which the spirit of Greek comedy had survived to the present day.
Greek Comedy And The Discourse Of Genres
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Author : Emmanuela Bakola
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-04-18
Greek Comedy And The Discourse Of Genres written by Emmanuela Bakola and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Drama categories.
Explores comedy's voracious and multifarious dialogue with a large spectrum of literary, sub-literary and paraliterary traditions surrounding and shaping it.
The Art Of Ancient Greek Theater
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Author : Mary Louise Hart
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2010
The Art Of Ancient Greek Theater written by Mary Louise Hart and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
An explanation of Greek theater as seen through its many depictions in classical art
Cratinus And The Art Of Comedy
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Author : Emmanuela Bakola
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Cratinus And The Art Of Comedy written by Emmanuela Bakola and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Cratinus categories.
A comprehensive study of Cratinus, a highly influential fifth-century Athenian dramatist whose work survives in fragments today. As well as providing insight into Cratinus himself, the book enriches our understanding of ancient Greek comedy in a dynamic evolving environment.
The Birth Of Comedy
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Author : Jeffrey Rusten
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-02
The Birth Of Comedy written by Jeffrey Rusten and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
A comprehensive look at all aspects of classical Greek comedy. Aside from the well-known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings these nearly lost works to modern readers with lively English translations of the surviving texts. The Birth of Comedy brings together a wealth of information on the first three generations of Western comedy. The translations, presented in chronological order, are based on the universally praised scholarly edition in Greek, Poetae Comici Graeci, by R. Kassel and C. A. Austin. Additional chapters contain translations of texts relating to comedy at dramatic festivals, staging, audience, and ancient writers on comedy. The main text is supplemented by an introduction assessing the fragments' contributions to the political, social, and theatrical history of classical Athens and more than forty illustrations of comic scenes, costumes, and masks. A glossary of komoidoumenoi—the ancient word for "people mentioned in comedies"—provides background information on the most notorious comic victims. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth).
Greek Comedy
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Author : Gilbert Norwood
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-04-26
Greek Comedy written by Gilbert Norwood and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Originally published in 1931, this book surveys the origin and development of Greek Comic Drama, with full discussion not only of Aristophanes and Menander but also of other important playwrights whose work had usually received scant notice because only fragments of it have survived. The important papyrus-finds of the previous forty years have been expounded and used. The final chapter is an introduction to comic metre and rhythm.
The Comic Body In Ancient Greek Theatre And Art 440 320 Bce
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Author : Alexa Piqueux
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-30
The Comic Body In Ancient Greek Theatre And Art 440 320 Bce written by Alexa Piqueux and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-30 with Art, Greek categories.
Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. The study also aims to refine knowledge of the various connections between Attic comedy and comic vases from South Italy and Sicily (the so-called 'phlyax vases').0After introducing comic texts and comedy-related vase-paintings in the regional contexts, The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE considers the generic features of the comic body, characterized as it is by a specific ugliness and a constant motion. It also explores how costumes -masks, padding, phallus, clothing, accessories- and gestures contribute to the characters' visual identity in relation with speech : it analyzes the cultural, social, aesthetic, and theatrical conventions by which spectators decipher the body. This study thus leads to a re-examination of the modalities of comic mimesis, in particular when addressing sexual codes in cross-dressing scenes which reveal the artifice of the fictional body. It also sheds light on how comic poets make use of the scenic or imaginary representations of the bodies of those who are targets of political, social, or intellectual satire. There is a particular emphasis on body movements, where the book not only deals with body language and the dramatic function of comic gesture, but also with how words confer a kind of poetic and unreal motion to the body.
The New Greek Comedy
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Author : Philippe-Ernest Legrand
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1970
The New Greek Comedy written by Philippe-Ernest Legrand and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Drama categories.
The New Greek Comedy Classic Reprint
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Author : Philippe Ernest Legrand
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-06-28
The New Greek Comedy Classic Reprint written by Philippe Ernest Legrand and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-28 with Drama categories.
Excerpt from The New Greek Comedy I have also ventured to alter the title of his work to one which I feel is better adapted to a translation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Performing Greek Comedy
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Author : Alan Hughes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012
Performing Greek Comedy written by Alan Hughes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Drama categories.
A new account of Greek comedy performance from its sixth-century origins to New Comedy, drawing upon fresh visual evidence.