Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship /

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"Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship finds in Aristophanes' comedies a complex comic disposition necessary for meeting the fundamental challenge of ordinary citizenship. That challenge, Zumbrunnen argues, emerges from the tension between two democratic impulses:...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zumbrunnen, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Aristophanes > Criticism and interpretation.
Aristophanes.
Medborgarskap i litteraturen.
Demokrati i litteraturen.
Democracy in literature.
Citizenship in literature.
Democracy.
Citizenship.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Peaceful voyages: peace and Lysistrata
  • Ordinary citizens, high culture, and the salvation of the city: Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria, and Frogs
  • Archē and the anger of the ordinary citizen: Wasps and Birds
  • Elite domination and the clever citizen: Acharnians and Knights
  • Fantasy, irony, and economic justice: Assemblywomen and Wealth
  • Conclusion: democratic possibilities.

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