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Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy by Michael Stephen Silk is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy about?
In this book Professor Silk presents a radically new critical study of Aristophanes. Through an exploration of Aristophanes' comic poetry, informed by a wide range of theory from Kierkegaard to Adorno, a particular consideration of Aristophanes' own understanding of his medium, and challenging comparisons with modern literature, this book adds a new chapter to the long-standing debate about the nature and potentialities of comedy.
Who reads Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Michael Stephen Silk
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199253821
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Humanities
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