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ISBN10: 0847694429, ISBN13: 9780847694426, [publisher: Lanham a. o. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers] Softcover X, 293 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, minimally discolored binding, otherwise very good and clean. With dedication from the author to Jeffrey Henderson. / Leicht berieben, Einband minimal verfärbt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Mit Widmung des Autors an Jeffrey Henderson. - This book investigates the idea of comic seriousness in Old Comedy. The issue has been a vexing one in classical studies, and the most traditional stance has been that Aristophanes comedies reflect his personal ideology, reducing the plays to little more than political speeches. Riu concludes, in contrast, that we should abandon our preconceptions about comic seriousness and approach the language of Aristophanes with care and precision, alert to the nuances of meaning that the comedic genre entails. Attempting to set Old Comedy in its proper context, Riu explores the myth and ritual of Dionysus in the city-state (including a reading of Euripides Bacchae and other sources) and relates the patterns found in those myths to the works of Aristophanes. The book concludes with a section on the relationship between comedy and reality, the import of insults in comedy, comedy as ritual, the relationship between author and character, and the seriousness of comedy. With an ...
ISBN10: 0847694429, ISBN13: 9780847694426, [publisher: Lanham a. o. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers] Softcover X, 293 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, minimally discolored binding, otherwise very good and clean. With dedication from the author to Jeffrey Henderson. / Leicht berieben, Einband minimal verfärbt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. Mit Widmung des Autors an Jeffrey Henderson. - This book investigates the idea of comic seriousness in Old Comedy. The issue has been a vexing one in classical studies, and the most traditional stance has been that Aristophanes comedies reflect his personal ideology, reducing the plays to little more than political speeches. Riu concludes, in contrast, that we should abandon our preconceptions about comic seriousness and approach the language of Aristophanes with care and precision, alert to the nuances of meaning that the comedic genre entails. Attempting to set Old Comedy in its proper context, Riu explores the myth and ritual of Dionysus in the city-state (including a reading of Euripides Bacchae and other sources) and relates the patterns found in those myths to the works of Aristophanes. The book concludes with a section on the relationship between comedy and reality, the import of insults in comedy, comedy as ritual, the relationship between author and character, and the seriousness of comedy. With an ...
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ISBN10: 0847694429, ISBN13: 9780847694426, [publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publish] Softcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2002]
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Paperback / softback. New. This volume investigates the idea of comic seriousness in Old Comedy. Attempting to set Old Comedy in its proper context, Riu explores the myth and ritual of Dionysus in the city state and relates the patterns found in those myths to the works of Aristophanes. ISBN 0847694429 9780847694426 [GB]
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Paperback / softback. New. This volume investigates the idea of comic seriousness in Old Comedy. Attempting to set Old Comedy in its proper context, Riu explores the myth and ritual of Dionysus in the city state and relates the patterns found in those myths to the works of Aristophanes. ISBN 0847694429 9780847694426 [GB]
ISBN10: 0847694429, ISBN13: 9780847694426, [publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book investigates the idea of comic seriousness in Old Comedy. The issue has been a vexing one in classical studies, and the most traditional stance has been that Aristophanes' comedies reflect his personal ideology, reducing the plays to little more than political speeches. Riu concludes, in contrast, that we should abandon our preconceptions about comic seriousness and approach the language of Aristophanes with care and precision, alert to the nuances of meaning that the comic genre entails. Attempting to set Old Comedy in its proper context, Riu explores the myth and ritual of Dionysus in the city-state (including a reading of Euripides'Bacchae and other sources) and relates the patterns found in those myths to the works of Aristophanes. The book concludes with a section on the relationship between comedy and reality, the import of insults in comedy, comedy as ritual, the relationship between author and character, and the seriousness of comedy. With an appendix that examines the exceptional case ofClouds,Dionysism and Comedy is an important resource for students and scholars of classical comedy and the comedic genre. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002] ...
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