Satyric play : the evolution of Greek comedy and Satyr drama / Carl A. Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Carl A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek drama (Satyr play)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Satyr play).

Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Comedy).

Physical Description:

xviii, 191 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Comedy and Satyr Drama in Plato and Aristotle 13

Chapter 2 Early Kômos Songs: Satyric, Pre-Comic, and Dithyrambic Performance 26

Chapter 3 Sicilian Comedy and the Attic Satyr Play 56

Chapter 4 Old Comedy, Classical Satyr Drama, and Euripides' Alcestis 78

Chapter 5 Middle Comedy and the "Satyric" Style 106

Chapter 6 Post-Classical Satyr Play and Old Comedy 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199950942

0199950946

OCLC:

859253147