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Book synopsis

A collection of over 200 of the most interesting and important fragments of Greek comedy, accompanied by a commentary; an extensive introduction discussing the history of comic genre; a series of appendixes on the individual poets, the inscriptional evidence, and the like; and a complete translation of the fragments. Individual sections illustrate the earliest Greek comedy from Syracuse; the characteristic features of Athenian 'Old', 'Middle', and 'New Comedy'; the comic presentation of politicians, philosophers, and women; the comic reception of other poetry; and many aspects of daily life, including dining and symposia.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Plays, playscripts

• Full title: Broken Laughter
• Subtitle: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy
• Author: S. Douglas Olson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 496
• EAN: 9780199287857
• ISBN: 0199287856
• ID: 04867028
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 875 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 161 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. May 2007

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