Tragedy on the comic stage / Matthew C. Farmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farmer, Matthew C., author.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.

Aristophanes.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Comedy).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 267 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English with some Greek and English translations.

Summary:

"Aristophanes' engagement with tragedy is one of the most striking features of his comedies. Tragedy on the Comic Stage contextualizes this engagement with tragedy within Greek comedy as a genre by examining paratragedy in the fragments of Aristophanes' contemporaries and successors in the fifth and fourth centuries [BC]." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Note to the reader

Introduction

Part One: The fragments of Greek comedy

Electra and the coal pan: tragic culture in the comic fragments

Give me a bit of paratragedy: tragic parody in the comic fragments

Part Two: Aristophanes

The man is obsessed with song: a contest of genres in Wasps

Euripides in the echo chamber: poets and their poetry in women at the Thesmophoria

Writing beyond genres: the Dionysiac festival in Gerytades and wealth

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Farmer, Matthew C., author. Tragedy on the comic stage

ISBN:

9780190492076

0190492074

OCLC:

946076281

Publisher Number:

40026642291