Broken Laughter
Author | : S. Douglas Olson |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2007-05-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780191569449 |
ISBN-13 | : 0191569445 |
Rating | : 4/5 (445 Downloads) |
Download or read book Broken Laughter written by S. Douglas Olson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.