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Original softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. XI, 244 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed binding, slight staining on bottom edge, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Einband, leichte Anschmutzung auf Fußschnitt, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - This accessible introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest comic writers tackles key questions posed by Aristophanes' plays, such as staging, humour, songs, obscene language, politics and the modern translation and performance of Aristophanic comedy. The book opens up exciting and contentious areas of Aristophanic scholarship in a way that is engaging and readily comprehensible a nonspecialist audience, never losing sight of the fact that Aristophanes' plays are vibrant literary texts, designed primarily to appeal to a classical Athenian audience as pieces of living drama. Key to the book's appeal is that James Robson conceives of the plays as dynamic texts, containing a treasure trove of information not only about how they might have been performed and received in classical Athens, but also how they might be read and understood today. Most importantly, readers are given the tools and information to make their own minds up about the debates that still rage about Aristophanic comedy in the modern world. - James Robson is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, and the author of Humour, Obscenity and Aristophanes (2006). ISBN 9780715634523 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 396.