Three Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Women
Author:   Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
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9780415871327


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 February 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Three Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Women


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Author:   Jeffrey Henderson (Boston University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780415871327


ISBN 10:   0415871328
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   05 February 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction I. Aristophanes II. Old Comedy: Production and Competition III. Performance IV. Women in Aristophanic Comedy V. Notes on the Translation Lysistrata Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. The Play Women at the Thesmophoria Introduction 1. The Play 2. Gender Transgression and Thesmophoria 3. Genre Transgression and the Theater Assemblywomen Introduction 1. The Historical Context 2. The Women Take Power Appendix: Selected Fragments of Lost Plays Notes Bibliography

Reviews

The translations of the three plays, Lysistrata, Women at the Thesmophoria, and Assemblywomen, are straightforward, reliable, and fun to read. Readers interested in women's history and gender studies will especially welcome Henderson's contribution to their fields . -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review


"""The translations of the three plays, Lysistrata, Women atthe Thesmophoria, and Assemblywomen, are straightforward, reliable, and fun to read. Readers interested in women's history and gender studies will especially welcome Henderson's contribution to their fields ."" -- BrynMawr Classical Review"


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Jeffrey Henderson is Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. He is the author of The Maculate Muse:Obscene Language in Attic Comedy and a critical edition, with commentary, of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, as well as numerous essays and articles on Aristophanes, Old Comedy and its social and historical background.

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