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Título: Aristophanes: Frogs and Other Plays
Condición: Nuevo
Subtítulos: A new verse translation, with introduction and notes
Autor: Aristophanes
Contribuyente: Stephen Halliwell (Edited and translated by)
Formato: Tapa blanda
ISBN-10: 0192824090
EAN: 9780192824097
ISBN: 9780192824097
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Género: Literary Criticism
Tema: Poetry & Drama
Fecha de publicación: 10/11/2016
Description: Aristophanes is the only surviving representative of Greek Old Comedy, an exuberant form of festival drama which flourished in Athens during the fifth century BC. One of the most original playwrights in the entire Western tradition, his comedies are remarkable for their brilliant combination of fantasy and satire, their constantly inventive manipulation of language, and their use of absurd characters and plots to expose his society's institutions and values to the bracing challenge of laughter. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. The volume presents Clouds, with its famous caricature of the philosopher Socrates; Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), a work which mixes elaborate parody of tragedy with a great deal of transvestite burlesque; and Frogs, in which the dead tragedians Aeschylus and Euripides engage in a vituperative contest of 'literary criticism' of each other's plays. Featuring expansive introductions to each play and detailed explanatory notes, the volume also includes an illuminating appendix, which provides information and selected fragments from the lost plays of Aristophanes.
País/Región de fabricación: GB
Altura del artículo: 196mm
Longitud del artículo: 128mm
Ancho del artículo: 19mm
Serie: Oxford World's Classics
Idioma: inglés
Año de publicación: 2016

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