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Author:

Nelson, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Anne), 1958- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97040410

Title:

Aristophanes and his tragic muse : comedy, tragedy and the polis in 5th century Athens / by Stephanie Nelson.

Publisher:

Brill,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 384 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.
Greek drama--History and criticism.
Greek drama (Comedy)--Political aspects--Athens.--Athens.
Free will and determinism in literature.
Liberty in literature.
Aristophanes.
Greek drama.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-366) and index.

Summary:

"Despite the many studies of Greek comedy and tragedy separately, scholarship has generally neglected the relation of the two. And yet the genres developed together, were performed together, and influenced each other to the extent of becoming polar opposites. In Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse, Stephanie Nelson considers this opposition through an analysis of how the genres developed, by looking at the tragic and comic elements in satyr drama, and by contrasting specific Aristophanes plays with tragedies on similar themes, such as the individual, the polis, and the gods. The study reveals that tragedy's focus on necessity and a quest for meaning complements a neglected but critical element in Athenian comedy: its interest in freedom, and the ambivalence of its incompatible visions of reality."--Back cover (page 4 of cover).

Series:

Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature 0169-8958 ; volume 390. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature

ISBN:

9004310908
9789004310902

OCLC:

(OCoLC)927438937

LCCN:

2015042654

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)