Classical Comedy: Greek and Roman
Title | Classical Comedy: Greek and Roman PDF eBook |
Author | Robert W. Corrigan |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 492 |
Release | 2000-04-01 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1476841918 |
Rich anthologies of dramatic art and critical insight ä varied stimulating broad in its view and deep in its perceptions...exciting variety of translations...enlightening essays from some of the most stiumlating minds of the century. ä Leonard C. Pronko author ÊTheatre East and WestÊ Chair Dept. of Theatre Pomona College. Includes: Aristophanes: Lysistrata translated by Donald Sutherland; The Birds translated by Walter Kerr; Menander: The Grouch translated by Sheila D'Atri; Plautus: The Menaechmi translated by Palmer Bovie; The Haunted House translated by Palmer Bovie; Terence: The Self-Tormentor translated by Palmer Bovie.
Classical Comedy
Title | Classical Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Aristophanes |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 383 |
Release | 2006-09-28 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0141959487 |
From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome. This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' bold, imaginative Birds, and Menander's The Girl from Samos, which explores popular contemporary themes of mistaken identity and sexual misbehaviour; and two later Roman comic plays: Plautus' The Brothers Menaechmus - the original comedy of errors - and Terence's bawdy yet sophisticated double love-plot, The Eunuch. Together, these four plays demonstrate the development of Classical comedy, celebrating its richness, variety and extraordinary legacy to modern drama.
Greek and Roman Comedy
Title | Greek and Roman Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Shawn O'Bryhim |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 342 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0292778821 |
Much of what we know of Greco-Roman comedy comes from the surviving works of just four playwrights—the Greeks Aristophanes and Menander and the Romans Plautus and Terence. To introduce these authors and their work to students and general readers, this book offers a new, accessible translation of a representative play by each playwright, accompanied by a general introduction to the author's life and times, a scholarly article on a prominent theme in the play, and a bibliography of selected readings about the play and playwright. This range of material, rare in a single volume, provides several reading and teaching options, from the study of a single author to an overview of the entire Classical comedic tradition. The plays have been translated for readability and fidelity to the original text by established Classics scholars. Douglas Olson provides the translation and commentary for Aristophanes' Acharnians, Shawn O'Bryhim for Menander's Dyskolos, George Fredric Franco for Plautus' Casina, and Timothy J. Moore for Terence's Phormio.
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Fontaine |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 913 |
Release | 2014-04 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0199743541 |
The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy marks the first comprehensive introduction to and reference work for the unified study of ancient comedy. From its birth in Greece to its end in Rome, from its Hellenistic to its Imperial receptions, no topic is neglected. The 41 essays offer cutting-edge guides through comedy's immense terrain.
The Acharnians
Title | The Acharnians PDF eBook |
Author | Aristophanes |
Publisher | Good Press |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2021-04-25 |
Genre | Drama |
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"Acharnians" is the earliest of the existent comedies of Aristophanes, produced in 425 BCE. It is a direct attack on the folly of war. The story deals with an Athenian farmer, Dikaiopolis, who surprisingly obtains a private peace treaty with the Spartans and enjoys the benefits of peace despite resistance from some of his fellow Athenians. This drama is celebrated for its absurd humor and its innovative appeal for an end to the Peloponnesian War.
Classical Tragedy, Greek and Roman
Title | Classical Tragedy, Greek and Roman PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Willoughby Corrigan |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | 580 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781557830463 |
(Applause Books). A collection of eight plays along with accompanying critical essays. Includes: "The Oresteia" Aeschylus; "Prometheus Bound" Aeschylus; "Oedipus the King" Sophocles; "Antigone" Sophocles; "Medea" Euripides; "The Bakkhai" Euripides; "Oedipus" Seneca; "Medea" Seneca.
Roman Comedy
Title | Roman Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | David Konstan |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | 185 |
Release | 2018-08-06 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1501731750 |
This book explores the social institutions, the prevailing social values, and the ideology of the ancient city-state as revealed in Roman Comedy. "The very essence of comedy is social," writes David Konstan, "and in the complex movement of its plots we may be able to discern the lineaments and contradictions of the reigning ideas of an age." David Konstan looks closely at eight plays: Plautus's Aulularia, Asinaria, Captivi, Rudens, Cistellaria, and Truculentus, and Terence's Phormio and Hecyra. Offering new interpretations of each, he develops a "typology of plot forms" by analyzing structural features and patterns of conventional behavior in the plays, and he relates the results of his literary analysis to contemporary social conditions. He argues that the plays address tensions that were potentially disruptive to the ancient city-state, and that they tended to resolve these tensions in ways that affirmed traditional values. Roman Comedy is an innovative and challenging book that will be welcomed by students of classical literature, ancient social history, the history of the theater, and comedy as a genre.