The New Comedy of Greece and Rome

Bibliographic Data

ID9306817
AuthorsWilliam S Anderson (0000-0003-0958-050X), R L Hunter (0000-0002-3079-1320)
Year1987
Volume80
Issue4
Pages321-321
Publication date1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Reviewed byThe New Comedy of Greece and Rome, William S Anderson, 1987
VenueThe Classical World (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-8418 • E-ISSN: 1558-9234
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4350046
OpenAlexW2007795122
Open LibraryOL2866077M
ISBN9780511627361
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDDRiPXh8b9-kC
LanguageEN
Citations received106

In writing this book on the plays of New Comedy the author's aim is to fill a gap in the existing literature by concentrating on what one might look for in watching and reading these plays and why such an exercise might be pleasurable. The social comedy of Menander, Plautus and Terence provided a style of comic drama which was to prove the root of all subsequent western comedy. Dr Hunter gives a literary account of this drama, placing it in its ancient context and then ranging over a number of specific topics and themes: the dramatic craft of the poets, their exploration of how to give variety to stereotyped plots and characters, the presentation of women, the use of language and themes from tragedy, the place of moralising and philosophy. All Greek and Latin is translated

Art · Comedy · Comics · Context (archaeology) · Drama · Linguistics · Literature · Presentation (obstetrics) · Reading (process) · Style (visual arts) · Tragedy (event) · Variety (cybernetics) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Philosophy

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub