Broken Laughter

Broken Laughter
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 495
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ISBN-10 : 9780191569449
ISBN-13 : 0191569445
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Book Synopsis Broken Laughter by : S. Douglas Olson

Download or read book Broken Laughter written by S. Douglas Olson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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