Aristophanes' Old-and-new Comedy: Six essays in perspective
Title | Aristophanes' Old-and-new Comedy: Six essays in perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth J. Reckford |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780807817209 |
Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy: Volume I: Six Essays in Perspective
Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy
Title | Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth J. Reckford |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 582 |
Release | 2017-10-06 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1469639858 |
This startling and original study emerged from Kenneth Rockford's wish to vindicate Aristophanes' Clouds against detractors. As a result of years of rereading and teaching Aristophanes, he realized that the Clouds could not be defended in an analysis of that play in isolation. A better approach, he decided, would be to define a comic perspective within which Aristophanes' comedies in general as well as the Clouds in particular could be appreciated. This first volume of Reckford's defense examines the comedies as a whole in a series of defining essays, each with its own dominant concern and method of approach. The author begins by exploring not the usual questions of Aristophanes' political attitudes and his place in the development of comedy, but rather the festive, celebratory, and Dionysian nature of Old Comedy. Here and throughout the book Reckford illustrates Aristophanes' form of comedy with analogies to Rabelais, Shakespeare, Charlie Chaplin, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. In the remaining essays Reckford goes beyond the usual Freudian approaches, reinterpreting the comic catharsis as a clarification of wishing and hoping. He also explores the growth of plays from comic idea to comic performance, in ways reflected in Tom Stoppard's plays today. Only then are Aristophanes' basic political loyalties described, as well as the place of his old- and-new comedy within the history of the genre. In a book that is as much about comedy generally as it is about Aristophanes specifically, some plays are treated more fully than others. Reckford discusses the Wasps at length, comparing the symbolic transformations and comic recognitions in the play with dream experience and dream interpretation. He also analyzes the Peace, the Acharians, the Birds, and the Frogs. Reckford's vindication of the Clouds will appear in the second volume of his defense, Clouds of Glory. Reckford's playful translations preserve the puns and anachronisms of Aristophanes, maintaining the playwright's comic feeling and tone. Combining traditional classical scholarship with a variety of literary, psychological, and anthropological approaches, he has written a study that will appeal to both the academic audience and the general reader who cares about comedy. Originally published in 1987. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Aristophanes' Old-and-new Comedy
Title | Aristophanes' Old-and-new Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth J. Reckford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Comedy |
ISBN |
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Revermann |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 523 |
Release | 2014-06-12 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0521760283 |
This book provides a unique panorama of this challenging area of Greek literature, combining literary perspectives with historical issues and material culture.
The Rivals of Aristophanes
Title | The Rivals of Aristophanes PDF eBook |
Author | David Harvey |
Publisher | Classical Press of Wales |
Pages | 575 |
Release | 2002-12-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1910589594 |
The work of the 'other' comic poets of classical Athens, those who competed with, and in some cases defeated, their (eventually) better-known fellow comedian, Aristophanes, has almost eluded the historical record. The poetry of Cratinus, Phrynichos, Eupolis and the rest has survived only in tantalising, often tiny, fragments and citations. Modern studies in this field have themselves often been difficult of access. Here an exceptional cast of scholars, including most of the leading international authorities, provides a set of 28 interpretative essays to cover every one of these 'other' poets of Athenian Old Comedy for whom significant evidence survives. The work includes a comprehensive bibliography, and is a landmark in the study of Old Comedy.
New Comedy
Title | New Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Aristophanes |
Publisher | Methuen Drama |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1994-03-14 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Contains: Women in power; Wealth; The malcontent; The woman from Samos.
Greek Comedy and the Discourse of Genres
Title | Greek Comedy and the Discourse of Genres PDF eBook |
Author | Emmanuela Bakola |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 421 |
Release | 2013-04-18 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1107033314 |
Explores comedy's voracious and multifarious dialogue with a large spectrum of literary, sub-literary and paraliterary traditions surrounding and shaping it.