Alexis: The Fragments - A Commentary

Klappentext This 1996 text was the first detailed commentary on the fragments remaining from the plays of the Greek comic poet Alexis (c. 375 270 BC). Zusammenfassung This 1996 text was the first detailed commentary on the fragments remaining from the plays of the Greek comic poet Alexis (c. 375–270 BC). The comments discuss all aspects of the textual transmission, the language, the dramatic background and the relation of the plays to their contemporary milieu. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Alexis' Career; Part II. Sources of the Fragments; Commentary; False or doubtful attributions; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Alexis
• Assisted by: W. Geoffrey Arnott (Editor), Arnott W. Geoffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521189606
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18960-6
• No. of pages: 910
• Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights