Broken Laughter

Broken Laughter
Author: S. Douglas Olson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2007-05-17
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0191569445


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A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian `Old', `Middle', and `New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.


Broken Laughter
Language: en
Pages: 496
Authors: S. Douglas Olson
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-05-17 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the
Broken Laughter
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