Aristophanes the democrat : the politics of satirical comedy during the Peloponnesian War / Keith Sidwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidwell, Keith C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristophanes--Political and social views.

Aristophanes.

Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Comedy).

Satire, Greek--History and criticism.

Satire, Greek.

Politics and literature--Greece.

Politics and literature.

Political and social views.

Greece.

Physical Description:

xv, 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Summary:

This book provides a new interpretation of the nature of Old Comedy and its place at the heart of Athenian democratic politics. Professor Sidwell argues that Aristophanes and his rivals belonged to opposing political groups, each with their own political agenda. Through disguised caricature and parody of their rivals' work, the poets expressed and fuelled the political conflict between their factions. Professor Sidwell rereads the principal-texts of Aristophanes and the fragmented remains of the work of his rivals in the light of his arguments for the political foundations of the genre.

Contents:

Getting to grips with the politics of old comedy

Metacomedy and politics

Metacomedy and caricature

Acharnians

Metacomedy, caricature, and politics from Knights to Peace

Metacomedy, caricature, and politics from Autolycus to Frogs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780521519984

0521519985

OCLC:

299718473

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