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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aristophanes, Fitts Dudley
• Con la collaborazione di: Fitts (Editore), Dudley Fitts (Editore), Dudley Fitts (Traduzione)
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.01.2003
• EAN: 9780156027656
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602765-6
• Pagine: 400
• Peso: 4531 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; 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