Brill's Companion to the Study of Greek Comedy

Name: Brill's Companion to the Study of Greek Comedy
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ISBN: 9789004109636

ISBN-10: 9004109633

ISBN-13: 9789004109636

Edition: 2010

Authors: Gregory Dobrov

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The present volume sets forth the main resources for the advancing student of Ancient Greek Comedy. An international roster of specialists contributes chapters organized into three sections: Contexts: the intellecutal, physical and socio-historical setting of Athenian Comedy; History: the literary history of the Old, Middle and New periods; and Elements: the text, language and formal components of the genre (including a comprehensive bibliography). This Companion is designed as a resource for understanding and interpreting the classics of Athenian Comedy from its inception through Menander. It will also be useful for navigating the principal corpora of texts, fragments and scholia that have…

Book details

List price: $319.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: BRILL
Publication date: 2/16/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 579
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Gregory Dobrov is assistant professor at Loyola University Chicago. His books include Figures of Play and Beyond Aristophanes.



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


List of Illustrations


List of Contributors



Contexts



Comedy and Her Critics




Comedy, Politics, and Society




The Material Evidence




The Production and Performance of Comedy in Antiquity




Myth and Ritual in Comedy




History



Origins and Fifth-Century Comedy




Aristophanes




Middle Comedy




New Comedy




Elements



The History of the Text of Aristophanes




Comic Fragments: Transmission and Textual Criticism




Structure and Meter




The Language of Old Comedy



Bibliography


Subject Index