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Author:

Major, Wilfred E., 1967-

Title:

The court of comedy : Aristophanes, rhetoric, and democracy in fifth-century Athens / Wilfred E. Major.

Publisher:

Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

viii, 232 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rhetoric, Ancient--History.
Greek drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
Aristophanes--Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and indexes.

Contents:

Sicilian pioneers of comedy and rhetoric and their transmission to Athens -- Old comedy and proto-rhetoric in Athens before 425 B.C.E. : the age of Pericles -- The young comic playwrights attack, 425-421 B.C.E. -- The years of confidence, 421-414 B.C.E. -- Crawling from the wreckage, 411 B.C.E. -- Tongues, frogs, and the last stand.

ISBN:

0814293263 (cd)
9780814293263 (cd)
0814212247 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814212240 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)827527661

LCCN:

2013001523

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)