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Aristophanic Humour
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Peter Swallow
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-11 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as
Aristophanic Humour
Language: en
Pages: 299
Authors: Peter Swallow
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-11 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as
Rewriting Humour in Comic Books
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Dimitris Asimakoulas
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-26 - Publisher: Springer

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This book examines comic book adaptations of Aristophanes’ plays in order to shed light on how and why humour travels across cultures and time. Forging links
Aristophanic Comedy
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: K. J. Dover
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1972-03 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Professor Dover's newest book is designed for those who are interested in the history of comedy as an art form but who are not necessarily familiar with the Gre
Aristophanes' Comedy of Names
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Nikoletta Kanavou
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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Aristophanes, the celebrated Greek comic poet, is famous for his plays on contemporary themes, in which he exercises fierce political satire. Ancient political