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The Making of Menander's Comedy (Hardcover)
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The Making of Menander's Comedy (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism
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The discovery on papyrus of plays by Menander, the greatest writer
of Greek New Comedy, at last makes possible an evaluation on his
own terms of an ancient author who, through the adaptations of
Plautus and Terence, profoundly influenced the course of western
drama. The present study establishes a critical perspective for
understanding the kind of comedy Menander wrote, his roots, the
theatrical effects he sought, and the extent of his achievement.
Chapters on the major plays analyse their techniques of
construction and characterisation, suggesting both the strengths
and the limitations of Menander's comic tradition. This study is
based on the Oxford Greek text but cites all ancient authors in
translation to open the discussion to a wider audience. An
introductory chapter places the tradition of New Comedy in the
history of drama, and modern parallels are drawn wherever helpful.
It will therefore be of value to students of drama as well as to
classicists.
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