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Aristophanes and the cloak of comedy : affect, aesthetics, and the canon /

The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427-386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theatrical genre of Old Comedy. In this groundbreaking book, situated within the affective turn in the humanities, Mario Telò explores a vital yet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Telò, Mario, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427-386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theatrical genre of Old Comedy. In this groundbreaking book, situated within the affective turn in the humanities, Mario Telò explores a vital yet understudied question: how did this view of Aristophanes arise, and why did his popularity eventually eclipse that of his rivals?
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226309729
022630972X