Broken Laughter - Select Fragments of Greek Comedy (Hardcover)

This book presents a collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian 'Old', 'Middle', and 'New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	July 2007
Editors:	S. Douglas Olson
Dimensions:	240 x 161 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	496
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-928785-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General
LSN:	0-19-928785-6
Barcode:	9780199287857

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