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Philosophy & comedy : Aristophanes, logos, and eros / Bernard Freydberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freydberg, Bernard, 1947-
- Series:
- Studies in Continental Thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
- Greek drama (Comedy).
- Mythology, Greek, in literature.
- Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.
- Aristophanes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Philosophy and Comedy, Bernard D. Freydberg illuminates the philosophical insights In Aristophanes' texts by presenting close readings of Clouds, Wasps, Assemblywomen, and Lysistrata, addressing their comic genius at the same time.
- Contents:
- Clouds and the measuring of logos
- Wasps and the limits of logos
- Assemblywomen : eros and human law
- Lysistrata : eros and transcendence
- Conclusion : ridicule and measure.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611868598
- 1-281-86859-0
- 0-253-00038-6
- OCLC:
- 476204881
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