Aristophanic comedy and the challenge of democratic citizenship
By: John Zumbrunnen
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781580464178
Subjects: Citizenship in literature; Democracy in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Citizenship; Democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Peaceful voyages: peace and Lysistrata; title: Ordinary citizens, high culture, and the salvation of the city: Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria, and Frogs; title: The anger of the ordinary citizen: Wasps and Birds; title: Elite domination and the clever citizen: Acharnians and Knights; title: Fantasy, irony, and economic justice: Assemblywomen and Wealth; title: Conclusion: democratic possibilities.