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Acharnians, Knights, and Peace (Paperback) Loot Price: R790
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Acharnians, Knights, and Peace (Paperback): Aristophanes

Acharnians, Knights, and Peace (Paperback)

Aristophanes; Translated by Michael Ewans

Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture

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Most readers nowadays encounter the plays of Aristophanes in the classroom, not the theater. Yet the ""father of comedy"" wrote his plays for the stage, not as literary texts. Many English translations of the plays were written decades ago, and in their outdated language they fail to capture the dramatic liveliness of the original comedies. Here Michael Ewans offers new and lively translations of three of Aristophanes' earliest surviving plays: Acharnians, Knights, and Peace. While remaining faithful to the original Greek, Ewans's translations are accessible to a modern audience - and actable on stage. The first two plays in this volume, Acharnians and Knights, satirize the Athenians for their madness in continuing the Peloponnesian War. The third play, Peace, celebrates the end to all the warmongering. This edition contains all that a reader needs to understand these plays within a broader context. In his comprehensive introduction, Ewans discusses historical, political, and social aspects of Aristophanic comedy, the conventions of Greek theater, and the challenges of translating ancient Greek into modern English. In his theatrical commentaries, Ewans draws on his own experience of directing the plays in a replica of the original theater. In sceneby-scene analysis, he provides insight into the major issues each play raises in performance. The volume concludes with two glossaries - one of proper names and the other of Greek terms - as well as a bibliography that includes the most recent scholarship on Aristophanic comedy. With its accessible format and design, this book serves as a fitting companion to Ewans's recently published edition of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, The Women's Festival, and Frogs.

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Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Release date: December 2011
First published: 2012
Authors: Aristophanes
Translators: Michael Ewans
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-4231-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval
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LSN: 0-8061-4231-6
Barcode: 9780806142319

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