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Rhetoric, comedy, and the violence of language in Aristophanes' Clouds / Daphne Elizabeth O'Regan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Regan, Daphne Elizabeth, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence in literature.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Comedy.
- Aristophanes. Clouds.
- Aristophanes.
- Aristophanes--Technique.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An assessment of the power of argument and its effects as used within Aristophanes' play. This treatise attempts to provide insight into ancient Athenian thought and at the same time to examine the workings of a play which balances rhetoric with comedy.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. The Changing Role of Logos: Background; 2. Setting the Scene: Lines 1-132; 3. Meeting the Wise Souls and Their Gods: Lines 133-313; 4. Martial Speech, Fluid Shapes, Thunderous Sounds: Lines 314-509; 5. Aristophanes' Failures-The Parabasis: Lines 510-626; 6. Strepsiades' Failures: Lines 627-888; 7. The Debate of the Logoi-The Agon: Lines 889-1112; 8. The Triumph of Practical Sophistry: Lines 1113-1302; 9. Comic Justice: Lines 1303-1510; Conclusion: Our Innovative, Democratic Clouds; Appendix: The Clouds' Two Versions; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages
- Subject Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Bibliography: p207-212. - Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770507-3
- 1-280-44101-1
- 0-19-536145-8
- 1-60129-828-5
- OCLC:
- 191937048
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