Looking at Lysistrata : eight essays and a new version of Aristophanes' provocative comedy / edited by David Stuttard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stuttard, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristophanes. Lysistrata--Criticism, Textual.

Aristophanes.

Aristophanes. Lysistrata.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Aristophanes'' Lysistrata, the women of Athens, fed up with the war against Sparta, go on a sex strike and barricade themselves into the acropolis to persuade their husbands to vote against the war. It is the most often performed of all Aristophanes'' comedies. It is also, perhaps, the most misunderstood. This collection of essays by eight leading academics - written for sixth-form students and the general public alike - sets the play firmly in its historical and social context, while exploring Aristophanes'' purpose in writing it and considering the responses of modern audiences and direct

Contents:

Where is the spine? / J. Michael Walton

The upside-down world of Aristophanes' Lysistrata / James Morwood

The many faces of Lysistrata / Edith Hall

Lysistrata the warrior / Alan H. Sommerstein

Friends and foes : the people of Lysistrata / James Robson

Fantasy and plot in Lysistrata / Alan Beale

On misunderstanding the Lysistrata, productively / Martin Revermann

Lysistratas on the modern stage / Lorna Harwick

Lysistrata, or loose strife, a modern version / by David Stuttard.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).

Contains:

Aristophanes. Lysistrata.

ISBN:

9781472519955

1472519957