Aristophanes in britain: old comedy in the nineteenth century
Auteur :
Swallow, Peter
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780192868565
Date de publication :
11 sept. 2023
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
638 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This lively and wide-ranging study explores the reception of Aristophanes in the long-nineteenth century. It examines both political and aesthetic strands of this reception, and argues that Aristophanic reception in the period was always a process of speaking to contemporary issues--making Old Comedy new.