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The political theory of Aristophanes : explorations in poetic wisdom /
His original and wide-ranging collection of essays offers, for the first time, a comprehensive examination of the political dimensions of that madcap comic poet Aristophanes. Rejecting the claim that Aristophanes is little more than a mere comedian, the contributors to this fascinating volume demons...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany, NY :
SUNY Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I""; ""Chapter 1: Seeing Democracy in the Clouds""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""V.""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2: The Meaning of Socrates� Asceticism in Aristophanes� Clouds""; ""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""V.""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3: Rethinking the Quarrel Anew: Politics and Boasting in Aristophanes� Clouds""; ""What�s In a Boast? The Ubiquity of Laughter in Clouds""; ""When Boasts Become Dangerous: The Nature of Politics""; ""Clouds as a Defense of Political Life""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Part II""
- ""Chapter 4: Persuasion in Comedy and Comic Persuasion: Aristophanes and the Mysteries of Rhetoric""""I.""; ""II.""; ""III.""; ""IV.""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5: Boundaries: The Comic Poet Confronts the “Who� of Political Action""; ""The Acharnians""; ""The Lysistrata""; ""The Ecclesiazusae""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 6: Aristophanes and the Polis""; ""The Knights and the Absurdity of Politics""; ""Acharnians, Birds, and the Paradox of the City""; ""The Frogs: Saving Athens through Comedy""; ""Notes""
- ""Chapter 7: On the Anabasis of Trygaeus: An Introduction to Aristophanes� Peace""""Peace""; ""Gods""; ""Comedy""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 8: Aristophanes� Herodotean Inquiry: The Meaning of Athenian Imperialism in the Birds""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 9: Learning the Lesson of Dionysus: Aristophanes� Tragicomic Wisdom and Poetic Politics in the Frogs""; ""A Divine Comedy: Contesting Divinity""; ""A Political Tragedy: Contesting Great Poetry""; ""Aristophanes� Tragicomic Wisdom and Poetic Politics in the Frogs""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 10: Wealth and the Theology of Charity""
- ""Chremylus and “Charity�""""The Counterclaims of Poverty""; ""Visitors to the New God: The Results of the Reform""; ""Love and Money""; ""Religion and Charity""; ""Charity Undermines Justice""; ""The Theology of Charity Is Secularizing""; ""Notes""; ""Part III""; ""Chapter 11: Anger in Thucydides and Aristophanes: The Case of Cleon""; ""The Comic Boastfulness of Cleon""; ""Law, Anger, Necessity, and Eros""; ""Justice and Necessity in Aristophanes: Our Split Nature""; ""Anger/Waspishness in the Knights""; ""Anger/Waspishness in the Wasps""; ""Notes""
- ""Chapter 12: The Comedy of the Just City: Aristophanes� Assemblywomen and Plato�s Republic""""I. Introduction""; ""II. Praxagora�s Design""; ""III. The Platonic Adaption of Praxagora�s Design""; ""IV. Aristophanes and Plato""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 13: Peisetairos of Aristophanes� Birds and the Erotic Tyrant of Republic IX""; ""I. The Erotic Tyrant of Republic IX""; ""II. Plato on Two Kinds of Eros""; ""III. Tyrannical Eros in the Symposium""; ""IV. Eros Tyrannos and Aristophanes� Birds""; ""V. Interpreting the Birds""; ""VI. The Ancient Quarrel between Plato and Aristophanes?""