Aristophanes and the cloak of comedy

The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427-386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theatrical genre of Old Comedy. In this groundbreaking book, situated within the affective turn in the humanities, Mario Telò explores a vital yet understudied question: how did this view of Aristophanes arise, and why did his popularity eventually eclipse that of his rivals?

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Editions

1

Pages

252

ISBN

9780226309699

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