Format:
1 Online-Ressource
,
illustrations
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781350187603
,
1350187607
Series Statement:
Cultural histories series 1
Content:
Introduction / by Michael Ewans -- Form / by Gesine Manuwald -- Theory / by Caleb M.X. Dance -- Praxis / by Michael Ewans -- Identities / by Natalia Tsoumpra -- The body / by Louise Peacock -- Politics and power / by Isabel Ruffell -- Laughter / by Marcel Lysgaard Lech -- Ethics / by Valeria Cinaglia and Serena S. Witzke.
Content:
The origins of comedy are obscure; but comedic performances were at the heart of Graeco-Roman culture from around 486 BCE to the mid first century BCE; comedies were fictional dramas that engaged with the political and social concerns of ancient society, and also at times with mythology and tragedy. The volume centres largely around the surviving work of Aristophanes and Menander in Athens, and Plautus and Terence in Rome; but authors whose plays survive only in fragments are also discussed. Performances and plays drew on a range of forms, including satire and fantasy, and were designed to entertain and amuse their audiences while also asking them to question issues of morality, privilege and class. Drawing together contributions from scholars in a wide range of fields inside Classics and Drama, this volume traces the development of comedic performance and examines the different characteristics of Greek and Roman comedy. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter and ethics. These eight different approaches to ancient comedy add up to an extensive, synoptic coverage of the subject
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350000711
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350187597
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350187580
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350000827
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781350187603
