Aristophanes the Democrat - The Politics of Satirical Comedy During the Peloponnesian War

This book argues that writers of Old Comedy belonged to recognisable political circles and used their comedy to disparage their political enemies.

Table des matières

Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Getting to grips with the politics of Old Comedy; 2. Metacomedy and politics; 3. Metacomedy and caricature; Part II. The Poets' War: 4. Acharnians; 5. Metacomedy, caricature and politics from Knights to Peace; 6. Metacomedy, caricature and politics from Autolycus to Frogs; Conclusions and consequences: Appendix 1. The view from the Theatron; Appendix 2. Metacomedy and caricature in the surviving fourth century plays of Aristophanes; Appendix 3. Timeline and proposed relationships between comedies; Bibliography.

A propos de l'auteur

Keith Sidwell is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Calgary. He has written on Greek drama, later Greek literature - including most recently Lucian: Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches (2004) - and on Neo-Latin writing and is a co-author of the Reading Greek and Reading Latin series, and author of Reading Medieval Latin (1995).

Résumé

Challenging the current view that Old Comedy is politically neutral, Keith Sidwell argues that poets belonged to recognisable political circles and used their comedy to disparage their political enemies, including rival poets who belonged to different groups. He rereads the principal works of Aristophanes and his rivals in this light.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Keith Sidwell, Keith (University of Calgary) Sidwell, Sidwell Keith
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781009073202
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0907320-2
• Pages: 423
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Théâtre, ballet; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval