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Satyric play : the evolution of Greek comedy and Satyr drama /

From archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, the remains of comic and satyric performances reveal a range of literary, aesthetic, historical, religious, and geographical connections. This book analyzes the details of this interplay diachronically, showing that comedy and satyr plays influenced each othe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shaw, Carl A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Cover""; ""Satyric Play""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes to the Reader""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Comedy and Satyr Drama in Plato and Aristotle""; ""Chapter 2 Early KÃ?mos Songs: Satyric, Pre-Comic, and Dithyrambic Performance""; ""Chapter 3 Sicilian Comedy and the Attic Satyr Play""; ""Chapter 4 Old Comedy, Classical Satyr Drama, and Euripidesâ€? Alcestis""; ""Chapter 5 Middle Comedy and the “Satyricâ€? Style""; ""Chapter 6 Post-Classical Satyr Play and Old Comedy""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""