Menander, New Comedy and the Visual
(Part of the Cambridge Classical Studies Series)
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This book argues that New Comedy has a far richer performance texture than has previously been recognised. Offering close readings of all the major plays of Menander, it shows how intertextuality - the sustained dialogue of New Comedy performance with the diverse ideological, philosophical, literary and theatrical discourses of contemporary polis culture - is crucial in creating semantic depth and thus offsetting the impression that the plots are...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1107068436
ISBN13:9781107068438
Release Date:November 2014
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:334 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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