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Aris and Phillips Classical Texts: Playing Around: Aristophanes Essays in Honour of Alan Sommerstein by John Rich (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-100856687715

ISBN-139780856687716

eBay Product ID (ePID)63729385

Product Key Features

Number of Pages152 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePlaying Around: Aristophanes Essays in Honour of Alan Sommerstein

SubjectDrama, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorJohn Rich

SeriesAris and Phillips Classical Texts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2008-542002

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsThere is certainly enough of substance here to light a flame even in a hardened Aristophanists heart.'

Dewey Decimal882.01

Table Of ContentPreface Poetics and politics in the comedies of Aristophanes (Bernhard Zimmermann) Names, satire and politics in Aristophanes (Andrea Ercolani) Aristophanes, fandom and the classicising of Greek tragedy (Ralph Rosen) Aristophanic spacecraft (Nick Lowe) A little ironic, don't you think? Utopian criticism and the problem of Aristophanes' late plays (Ian Ruffell) On first looking into Kratinos' Dionysalexandrou (Ian Storey) How Aristophanes got his A(Alan Sommerstein) Bibliography

SynopsisAlan Sommerstein joined the staff of the University of Nottingham in 1974 and remains there to this day. During this period he has produced a stream of distinguished books, editions and articles on many aspects of Greek drama and society. Among all these, one work stands out: the complete edition of the plays of Aristophanes in twelve volumes (one for each play, followed by an index volume), of which the first appeared in 1980 and the last early in 2003. This edition has been universally admired for the vividness and accuracy of the translation, the lucidity and accessibility of the exposition, and the high quality of the scholarship. This book comes out of a colloquium held to celebrate this remarkable achievement., Alan Sommerstein joined the staff of the University of Nottingham in 1974 and remains there to this day. During this period he has produced a stream of distinguished books, editions and articles on many aspects of Greek drama and society.

LC Classification NumberPA3879.P569 2006