Venom in verse
Subtitle: Aristophanes in modern Greece
By: Gonda A.H. Van Steen.
Series: Princeton modern Greek studies
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Aristophanes -- Appreciation -- Greece.; Aristophanes -- Stage history -- Greece.; Greek drama (Comedy) -- Appreciation -- Greece.; Greek drama -- Presentation, Modern.; Theater -- Greece -- History.
Description: "Gonda Van Steen provides the first critical analysis of the role of the classical Athenian playwright in modern Greck culture, explaining how the sociopolitical "venom" of Aristophanes' verses remains relevant and appealing to modern Greek audiences.

Deriding or challenging well-known figures and conservative values, Aristophanes' comedies transgress authority and continue to speak to many social groups in Greece who have found in him a witty, pointed, and accessible champion from their "native" tradition.".

"Crossing boundaries of classical philology, critical theory, and performance studies, the book encourages us to reassess Aristophanes' comedies as both play-acts and modern methods of communication. Van Steen uses material never before accessible in English as she proves that Aristophanes remains Greece's immortal comic genius and political voice."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index.