Looking at Lysistrata : eight essays and a new version of Aristophanes' provocative comedy / / edited by David Stuttard

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Disciplina: 882.01
• Soggetto topico: Greek literature - History and criticism
• Altri autori: Aristophanes StuttardDavid
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Where is the spine? / J. Michael Walton -- The upside-down world of Aristophanes' Lysistrata / James Morwood -- The many faces of Lysistrata / Edith Hall -- Lysistrata the warrior / Alan H. Sommerstein -- Friends and foes : the people of Lysistrata / James Robson -- Fantasy and plot in Lysistrata / Alan Beale -- On misunderstanding the Lysistrata, productively / Martin Revermann -- Lysistratas on the modern stage / Lorna Harwick -- Lysistrata, or loose strife, a modern version / by David Stuttard.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Aristophanes'' Lysistrata, the women of Athens, fed up with the war against Sparta, go on a sex strike and barricade themselves into the acropolis to persuade their husbands to vote against the war. It is the most often performed of all Aristophanes'' comedies. It is also, perhaps, the most misunderstood. This collection of essays by eight leading academics - written for sixth-form students and the general public alike - sets the play firmly in its historical and social context, while exploring Aristophanes'' purpose in writing it and considering the responses of modern audiences and direct
• Titolo autorizzato: Looking at Lysistrata
• ISBN: 1-4725-1995-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787784303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II