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Overview"Aside from the well-known plays of Aristophanes, many of the comedies of ancient Greece are known only through fragments and references written in Greek. Now a group of distinguished scholars brings these nearly lost works to modern readers with lively English translations of the surviving texts. The Birth of Comedy brings together a wealth of information on the first three generations of Western comedy. The translations, presented in chronological order, are based on the universally praised scholarly edition in Greek, Poetae Comici Graeci, by R. Kassel and C. A. Austin. Additional chapters contain translations of texts relating to comedy at dramatic festivals, staging, audience, and ancient writers on comedy. The main text is supplemented by an introduction assessing the fragments' contributions to the political, social, and theatrical history of classical Athens and more than forty illustrations of comic scenes, costumes, and masks. A glossary of komoidoumenoi-the ancient word for ""people mentioned in comedies""-provides background information on the most notorious comic victims. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth)." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey Rusten (Cornell University) , Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University) , David Konstan (New York University) , Ralph Rosen (Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.270kg ISBN: 9781421421186ISBN 10: 1421421186 Pages: 816 Publication Date: 27 February 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Symbols and Abbreviations Introduction Fragments of Comedy Principles of This Selection How to Use This Book List of Translators and Sections Plays and Fragments of Special Interest Sources of the Comic Fragments A Short History of Athenian Comedy Attested Dates of Athenian Comedies, 486–280 BCE Part I. Beginnings 1. Proto-Comedy 2. Epicharmus of Sicily Part II. Athenian Old Comedy Introduction 3. Festivals, Competitions, and Victory Lists 4. The First and Second Generations (except Cratinus) 5. Cratinus 6. Eupolis 7. Aristophanes 8. Phrynichus and Platon 9. Other Authors, ca. 420–390 BCE 10. Theater, Audience, Actors, Chorus, and Costume of Old and Middle Comedy 11. Scenes from Old or Middle Comedy on Fourth-Century South Italian Vases Part III. Middle Comedy Introduction 12. Anaxandrides, Eubulus, and Ephippus 13. Antiphanes 14. Timocles and Nicostratus 15. Alexis 16. Other Authors Part IV. Athenian New Comedy Introduction 17. Masks, Actors, Staging, and Scenes from New Comedy 18. Philemon 19. Menander 20. Diphilus of Sinope 21. Other Authors Epilogue 22. Survival of Comedy in Hellenistic Greece and Republican and Imperial Rome 23. Ancient Theories of Comedy and Laughter, and Ancient Writers on Comedy Komoidoumenoi Bibliography Illustration Credits IndexReviewsA unique resource for the serious study of comedy, this book is vast in scope and of incalculable value for those who do not read Greek. Choice This book is a landmark, which has come to stay. Bryn Mawr Classical Review This volume, which is aimed at general readers... and whose generous dimensions rival the size of an Oxford Classical Dictionary, will be an essential resource for anyone who wants to inquire into what is known of Athenian comedy beyond the surviving plays of Aristophanes and Menander... Rusten offers a concise and balanced account. New England Classical Journal The Birth of Comedy is a singularly ambitious and very welcome work. Times Literary Supplement A true reference book, to be dipped into when certain facts or information are required and thoughtfully arranged in an accessible style. Scholarly and academic in both approach and scope, this is a valuable resource for anyone interested in or researching not only Ancient Greek comedy but also the history of comic plays, theatre and drama. After twenty years spent compiling the material it is a resource that will not date and one that should provide for interesting scholarly debate and research outcomes. Reference Reviews A valuable scholarly enterprise. Classical Journal It will certainly be appearing on my reading lists in future. Journal of Hellenic Studies A unique resource for the serious study of comedy, this book is vast in scope and of incalculable value for those who do not read Greek. * Choice * This book is a landmark, which has come to stay. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * This volume, which is aimed at general readers... and whose generous dimensions rival the size of an Oxford Classical Dictionary, will be an essential resource for anyone who wants to inquire into what is known of Athenian comedy beyond the surviving plays of Aristophanes and Menander... Rusten offers a concise and balanced account. * New England Classical Journal * The Birth of Comedy is a singularly ambitious and very welcome work. * Times Literary Supplement * A true reference book, to be dipped into when certain facts or information are required and thoughtfully arranged in an accessible style. Scholarly and academic in both approach and scope, this is a valuable resource for anyone interested in or researching not only Ancient Greek comedy but also the history of comic plays, theatre and drama. After twenty years spent compiling the material it is a resource that will not date and one that should provide for interesting scholarly debate and research outcomes. * Reference Reviews * A valuable scholarly enterprise. * Classical Journal * It will certainly be appearing on my reading lists in future. * Journal of Hellenic Studies * Author InformationJeffrey Rusten is a professor of classics at Cornell University. Jeffrey Henderson is the William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Boston University. David Konstan is a professor of classics at New York University. Ralph Rosen is the Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities and Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Niall W. Slater is the Dobbs Professor of Latin and Greek at Emory University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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