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Record Nr.

UNISA996217844603316

Titolo

The language of Greek comedy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andreas Willi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-152969-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliAndreas

Disciplina

882.009

Soggetti

Greek drama (Comedy) - History and criticism

Greek language - Style

Language and culture - Greece

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1.The Language of Greek Comedy: Introduction and Bibliographical Sketch; 2.Ionian Iambos and Attic Komoidia: Father and Daughter, or Just Cousins?; 3.The Language of Doric Comedy; 4.Some Evaluative Terms in Aristophanes; 5.Figures of Speech in Aristophanes; 6.Languages on Stage: Aristophanic Language, Cultural History, and Athenian Identity; 7.Comic Elements in Tragic Language: The Case of Aeschylus' Oresteia; 8.[Omitted] Language and Character in Antiphanes; 9.Some Orthographical Variants in the Papyri of Later Greek Comedy

10.Speech within Speech in MenanderReferences; Index of Passages; Index of Greek; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

The contributions to this volume illustrate how the linguistic study of Greek comedy can deepen our knowledge of the intricate connections between the dramatic texts and their literary and socio-cultural environment. Topics discussed include the relationship of comedy and iambus, the world of Doric comedy in Sicily, figures of speech and obscene vocabulary in Aristophanes, comic elements in tragedy, language and cultural identity in fifth-century Athens, linguistic characterizationin Middle Comedy, the textual transmission of New Comedy, and the interaction of language and dramatic technique i