Aristophanes and the cloak of comedy
Subtitle: affect, aesthetics, and the canon
By: Mario Telò
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780226309699; 9780226309729
Subjects: History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Greek drama (Comedy)
Description: The Greek playwright Aristophanes (active 427-386 BCE) is often portrayed as the poet who brought stability, discipline, and sophistication to the rowdy theatrical genre of Old Comedy. In this groundbreaking book, situated within the affective turn in the humanities, Mario Telò explores a vital yet understudied question: how did this view of Aristophanes arise, and why did his popularity eventually eclipse that of his rivals?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.