Parody, Politics and the Populace in Greek Old Comedy Professor Donald Sells (University of Michigan, USA) 9781350166288 Subito Disponibile

This book argues that Old Comedy’s parodic and non-parodic engagement with tragedy, satyr play, and contemporary lyric is geared to enhancing its own status as the preeminent discourse on Athenian art, politics and society. Donald Sells locates the enduring significance of parody in the specific cultural, social and political subtexts that often frame Old Comedy’s bold experiments with other genres and drive its rapid evolution in the late fifth century. analysis of verbal, visual and narrative strategies reveals the importance of parody and literary appropriation to the particular cultural and political agendas of specific plays. This study’s broader, more flexible definition of parody as a visual – not just verbal – and multi-coded performance represents an important new step in understanding a phenomenon whose richness and diversity exceeds the primarily textual and literary terms by which it is traditionally understood.
An exploration of Old Comedy’s parody and literary appropriation of Greek tragedy, satyr play, and lyric in the plays of Aristophanes, his contemporaries, and theater-related vase painting.
Book Information
ISBN 9781350166288
Author Professor Donald Sells
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 426g