Ancient Comedy and Reception

This wide-ranging collection, consisting of 50 essays by leading international scholars in a variety of fields, provides an overview of the reception history of a major literary genre from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present day. Section I considers how the 5th- and 4th-century Athenian comic poets defined themselves and their plays, especially in relation to other major literary forms. It then moves on to the Roman world and to the reception...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614511667
• ISBN13: 9781614511663
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 1097 Pages
• Weight: 4.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 7.1" x 9.6"