The New Comedy of Greece and Rome - Couverture souple

Hunter, Richard L.

 
9780521316521: The New Comedy of Greece and Rome
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521316529 ISBN 13 : 9780521316521
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

In writing this book on the plays of New Comedy the author's aim is to fill a gap in the existing literature by concentrating on what one might look for in watching and reading these plays and why such an exercise might be pleasurable. The social comedy of Menander, Plautus and Terence provided a style of comic drama which was to prove the root of all subsequent western comedy. Dr Hunter gives a literary account of this drama, placing it in its ancient context and then ranging over a number of specific topics and themes: the dramatic craft of the poets, their exploration of how to give variety to stereotyped plots and characters, the presentation of women, the use of language and themes from tragedy, the place of moralising and philosophy. All Greek and Latin is translated.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In writing this book on the plays of New Comedy the author's aim is to fill a gap in the existing literature by concentrating on what one might look for in watching and reading these plays and why such an exercise might be pleasurable. The social comedy of Menander, Plautus and Terence provided a style of comic drama which was to prove the root of all subsequent western comedy. Dr Hunter gives a literary account of this drama, placing it in its ancient context and then ranging over a number of specific topics and themes: the dramatic craft of the poets, their exploration of how to give variety to stereotyped plots and characters, the presentation of women, the use of language and themes from tragedy, the place of moralising and philosophy. All Greek and Latin is translated.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521316529
ISBN 13 
9780521316521
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
196
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0521303648 ISBN 13 :  9780521303644
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1985
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