294 Pages
by
Routledge
294 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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Carlo Ferdinando Russo's book has been a seminal work on Aristophanes since its publication in Italy in 1962. In his detailed analysis, Russo considers the plays as libretti for actors and singers rather than as mere texts, and never loses sight of the stage. This is the classic book about Aristophanes. Now finally available in English and much-updated, it is essential reading for any student of Athenian comedy.
1 THE THEATRICAL SEASONS AND THE DAWN OF COMEDY 2 CHRONOLOGY OF AN APPRENTICESHIP 3 ACHARNIANS 4 KNIGHTS 5 CLOUDS 6 WASPS 7 PEACE 8 BIRDS 9 LYSISTRATA 10 THESMOPHORIAZUSAE 11 FROGS 12 ASSEMBLY WOMEN 13 PLUTUS 14 ELEMENTS OF A THEATRICAL CAREER 15 THE DISORDERLY WASPS AND AN 18×2 TETRAMETER MODULE
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Carlo Ferdinando Russo (Author)
'This work confirms the author as a major figure in Aristophanic scholarship.' - Classics
'Russo's book is both scholarly and lively, philological and theatrical. It is justly established as a milestone in Aristophanic studies.' - Oliver Taplin
'A lively and thoughtful book; no comparable study of Aristophanes' dramatic technique is available in English.' - Kenneth Dover, reviewing the 1962 edition, in the Classical Review.
