Aristophanes - Four Comedies

New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. "Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination" (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times). Index.

About the author

Dudley Fitts (1903-1968), a renowned poet, critic and translator, authored and translated over 20 books. One of the preeminent twentieth century scholars of Greek literature, his English translations of the ancient Greek classics are much praised for their accessibility and their appeal to contemporary readers.

Product details

• Authors: Aristophanes, Fitts Dudley
• Assisted by: Fitts (Editor), Dudley Fitts (Editor), Dudley Fitts (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2003
• EAN: 9780156027656
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602765-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Weight: 4531 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; literary criticism;classial, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS: Reference, REFERENCE: Consumer Guides, PERFORMING ARTS: Screenplays, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / Broadway & Musicals, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / History & Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM: Ancient & Classical, DRAMA: Monologues & Scenes