This wide-ranging collection, consisting of 50 essays by leading
international scholars in a variety of fields, provides an overview
of the reception history of a major literary genre from Greco-Roman
antiquity to the present day. Section I considers how the 5th- and
4th-century Athenian comic poets defined themselves and their
plays, especially in relation to other major literary forms. It
then moves on to the Roman world and to the reception of Greek
comedy there in art and literature. Section II deals with the
European reception of Greek and Roman comedy in the Medieval,
Renaissance, and Early Modern periods, and with the European stage
tradition of comic theater more generally. Section III treats the
handling of Greco-Roman comedy in the modern world, with attention
not just to literary translations and stage-productions, but to
more modern media such as radio and film. The collection will be of
interest to students of ancient comedy as well as to all those
concerned with how literary and theatrical traditions are passed on
from one time and place to another, and adapted to meet local
conditions and concerns.
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