Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy
M. S. Silk
Price: £26.00 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925382-1
Publication date: 22 August 2002
462 pages, 216x138 mm
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| Reviews |
| - 'Silk succeeds brilliantly, ranging far and wide across the entire spectrum of ancient and modern comedy ... Michael Silk has given us much to think about.' - Erich Segal, Times Literary Supplement
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| Description | | - A major new critical study of the works of Aristophanes
- Relates Aristophanes' plays to modern literature and modern theory
- All Greek is translated making the book easily accessible to the non-specialist
- Erich Segal's book of the year in the TLS
| | Michael Silk presents a radically new critical study of Aristophanes. Against the limited view of Aristophanes as Athenian theatrical satirist, Professor Silk identifies him as one of the world's great writers. Through an exploration of Aristophanes' comic poetry, informed by a wide range of theory from Kierkegaard to Adorno, a particular consideration of Aristophanes' own understanding of his
medium, and challenging comparisons with modern literature, this book adds a new chapter to the long-standing debate about the nature and potentialities of comedy. Close analyses of Aristophanes' language and style, lyric poetry, presentation of character, organizational structures, and humorous modes, are conducted in this spirit. The enigma of 'serious comedy' and of Aristophanes' complex
preoccupation with tragedy is at the centre of a new assessment of Aristophanic comedy as a whole. All Greek in the text is translated; the versions offered seek to convey the distinctive character of the original. |
Readership: Students and scholars of ancient Greek drama and poetry, and a wide range of readers concerned with comedy, literature, and literary theory beyond the ancient world.
| Contents |
1.
Three Openings
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Comedy and Tragedy
3.
Language and Style
4.
The Lesson of the Lyric Poetry
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Character and Characterization
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Causal Sequences and Other Patterns
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Serious Issues and 'Serious Comedy'
8.
Mode, Meaning, and Assessment
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| Authors, editors,
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M. S. Silk, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, King's College, University of London
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