Aristophanes the Democrat - The Politics of Satirical Comedy during the Peloponnesian War (Hardcover)

This book provides a new interpretation of the nature of Old Comedy and its place at the heart of Athenian democratic politics. Professor Sidwell argues that Aristophanes and his rivals belonged to opposing political groups, each with their own political agenda. Through disguised caricature and parody of their rivals' work, the poets expressed and fuelled the political conflict between their factions. Professor Sidwell rereads the principal texts of Aristophanes and the fragmented remains of the work of his rivals in the light of these arguments for the political foundations of the genre.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Keith Sidwell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-51998-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-521-51998-5
Barcode:	9780521519984

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