Marshall C. W. (Associate Professor University Of British Columbia Canada)
Marshall C. W. (Associate Professor University Of British Columbia Canada) - Aristophanes: Frogs - Paperback
Marshall C. W. (Associate Professor University Of British Columbia Canada) - Aristophanes: Frogs - Paperback
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Description: A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking Aristophanes Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient comedies. This new introduction guides students through the play its themes and contemporary contexts and its reception history. Frogs offers sustained engagement with the Athenian literary scene with the politics of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War and with the religious understanding of the fifth - century city. It presents the earliest direct criticism of theatre and a detailed description of the Underworld and also dramatizes the place of Mystery cults in the religious life of Athens and shows the political concerns that galvanized the citizens. It is also genuinely funny showcasing a range of comic techniques including literary and musical parody political invective grotesque distortion wordplay prop comedy and funny costumes. Frogs has inspired literary works by Henry Fielding George Bernard Shaw and Tom Stoppard. This book explores all of these features in a series of short chapters designed to be accessible to a new reader of ancient comedy. It proceeds linearly through the play addressing a range of issues but paying particular attention to stagecraft and performance. It also offers a bold new interpretation of the play suggesting that the action of Frogs was not the first time Euripides and Aeschylus had competed against each other.
Title: Aristophanes: Frogs
Author(s): Marshall C. W. (Associate Professor University Of British Columbia Canada)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350080911
Pages: 176 Pages, 7 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 11/12/2020
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
Description: A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking Aristophanes Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient comedies. This new introduction guides students through the play its themes and contemporary contexts and its reception history. Frogs offers sustained engagement with the Athenian literary scene with the politics of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War and with the religious understanding of the fifth - century city. It presents the earliest direct criticism of theatre and a detailed description of the Underworld and also dramatizes the place of Mystery cults in the religious life of Athens and shows the political concerns that galvanized the citizens. It is also genuinely funny showcasing a range of comic techniques including literary and musical parody political invective grotesque distortion wordplay prop comedy and funny costumes. Frogs has inspired literary works by Henry Fielding George Bernard Shaw and Tom Stoppard. This book explores all of these features in a series of short chapters designed to be accessible to a new reader of ancient comedy. It proceeds linearly through the play addressing a range of issues but paying particular attention to stagecraft and performance. It also offers a bold new interpretation of the play suggesting that the action of Frogs was not the first time Euripides and Aeschylus had competed against each other.
Title: Aristophanes: Frogs
Author(s): Marshall C. W. (Associate Professor University Of British Columbia Canada)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781350080911
Pages: 176 Pages, 7 Bw Illus
Publication Date: 11/12/2020
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
Category: Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
