Aristophanes and the Poetics of Competition

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Aristophanes and the Poetics of Competition by Zachary P. Biles, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Zachary P. Biles ISBN: 9781139063241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: January 27, 2011
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Zachary P. Biles
ISBN: 9781139063241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: January 27, 2011
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Athenian comic drama was written for performance at festivals honouring the god Dionysos. Through dramatic action and open discourse, poets sought to engage their rivals and impress the audience, all in an effort to obtain victory in the competitions. This book uses that competitive performance context as an interpretive framework within which to understand the thematic interests shaping the plots and poetic quality of Aristophanes' plays in particular, and of Old Comedy in general. Studying five individual plays from the Aristophanic corpus as well as fragments of other comic poets, it reveals the competitive poetics distinctive to each. It also traces thematic connections with other poetic traditions, especially epic, lyric, and tragedy, and thereby seeks to place competitive poetics within broader trends in Greek literature.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Athenian comic drama was written for performance at festivals honouring the god Dionysos. Through dramatic action and open discourse, poets sought to engage their rivals and impress the audience, all in an effort to obtain victory in the competitions. This book uses that competitive performance context as an interpretive framework within which to understand the thematic interests shaping the plots and poetic quality of Aristophanes' plays in particular, and of Old Comedy in general. Studying five individual plays from the Aristophanic corpus as well as fragments of other comic poets, it reveals the competitive poetics distinctive to each. It also traces thematic connections with other poetic traditions, especially epic, lyric, and tragedy, and thereby seeks to place competitive poetics within broader trends in Greek literature.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and the Environment by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Structured to Fail? by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Mass Transport in Solids and Fluids by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Geometric Partial Differential Equations and Image Analysis by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book A Mathematician's Apology by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Roman Architecture in Provence by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Modernism, Feminism and the Culture of Boredom by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Literacy in Early Childhood and Primary Education by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book The Measure of American Elections by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Organic Electro-Optics and Photonics by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Differential Topology by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Violence, Kinship and the Early Chinese State by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Bombing the People by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Children and the Politics of Cultural Belonging by Zachary P. Biles
Cover of the book Python for Software Design by Zachary P. Biles
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy