This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of "New Comedy," the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only surviving example. It looks at the quiet domestic dramas of Menander, the farces of Plautus, and the comedies of Terence. An authoritative Introduction sets the papers, which are by leading experts in their field, in context and explores connections between them thus examining the legacy for modern comedies. All Latin and Greek is translated.
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'The most tragic of the poets'. Aristotle called him (whatever he may have meant by it), and succeeding ages have agreed: the great Euripidean tragedies, Hippolytus, Meda, Bacchae, Trojan Women, show us a world torn asunder by blind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
essay for scholarly purposes, extempore theatre, servos callidus, exit monologue, independent courtesan, divine prologue, expository prologue, siege scene, dramatic balance, blocking character, clever slave, new comedy, footnotes omitted, comic stage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Geoffrey Arnott, Bernard Knox, Gregor Vogt-Spira, Livius Andronicus, Oedipus the King, Walther Ludwig, Mastery of Comic Language, Menander's Dyskolos, Niall Slater, Roman Comedy of Errors, Euripidean Comedy, New Comic, Northrop Frye, Oscar Wilde, Pleasure Principle, Reality Principle, Roman Laughter, Terence's Hecyra, Terence's Roman, The Intrigue of Terence's Self-Tormentor New!
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'The most tragic of the poets'. Aristotle called him (whatever he may have meant by it), and succeeding ages have agreed: the great Euripidean tragedies, Hippolytus, Meda, Bacchae, Trojan Women, show us a world torn asunder by blind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
essay for scholarly purposes, extempore theatre, servos callidus, exit monologue, independent courtesan, divine prologue, expository prologue, siege scene, dramatic balance, blocking character, clever slave, new comedy, footnotes omitted, comic stage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Geoffrey Arnott, Bernard Knox, Gregor Vogt-Spira, Livius Andronicus, Oedipus the King, Walther Ludwig, Mastery of Comic Language, Menander's Dyskolos, Niall Slater, Roman Comedy of Errors, Euripidean Comedy, New Comic, Northrop Frye, Oscar Wilde, Pleasure Principle, Reality Principle, Roman Laughter, Terence's Hecyra, Terence's Roman, The Intrigue of Terence's Self-Tormentor New!
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- New Comedy: Women in Power , Wealth , The Malcontent , The Woman from Samos (Ekklesiazousai/Wealth/the Malcontent/the Woman from Samos/4 Plays in 1 Volume) by Aristophanes on 36 pages
- The Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides on 4 pages
- The Comedy of Errors (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 116, page 125, and page 176
- Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays by Northrop Frye in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Theater of Plautus: Playing to the Audience by Timothy J. Moore on page 161, and Back Matter
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- The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy by C. W. Marshall in Back Matter
- The Death of Comedy by Erich Segal in Back Matter
- Comedy: A Geographic and Historical Guide by Maurice Charney on page 181
- A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama (Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature) by Ian C. Storey in Back Matter
- Reproducing Athens: Menander's Comedy, Democratic Culture, and the Hellenistic City by Susan Lape in Back Matter
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