The Comedy of Menander: Convention, Variation, and Originality

By Netta Zagagi

"Professor Zagagi has given us a lucid, coherent and persuasive account of Menander's dramatic technique." --Literary Review "This is by far the best general study of Menander and will be absolutely essential reading for those interested in this justly celebrated author." --Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones Menander (342-293 B.C.) was the greatest dramatist of Greek New Comedy, which has influenced the course of Western drama both in its realism and in its romanticism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253368510
• ISBN13: 9780253368515
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.8"