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Aristophanes and the carnival of genres / Charles Platter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Platter, Charles, 1957-
- Series:
- Arethusa books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.
- Aristophanes.
- Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975--Aesthetics.
- Bakhtin, M. M.
- Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich), 1895-1975.
- Aesthetics.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- x, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This book charts a new course for Aristophanic comedy, taking its lead from the work of Bakhtin. Platter finds in his work profound implications for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the genre's lifeblood.
- Contents:
- Bakhtin, Aristophanes, and the carnival of genres
- Dikaiopolis on modern art
- The failed programs of Clouds
- Clouds on Clouds and the aspirations of Wasps
- Questioning authority : Homer and oracular speech
- The return of Telephus : Acharnians, Tesmophoriazusae, and the dialogic background
- The centrifugal style.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801885272
- OCLC:
- 70131130
- Publisher Number:
- 9780801885273
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- Publisher description
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