Cratinus and the Art of ComedyCratinus, one of the lost great poets of fifth-century Athenian comedy, had a formative influence on the comic genre, including Aristophanes himself. Using a methodologically innovative approach, Emmanuela Bakola studies the surviving fragments of Cratinus' plays and offers a thorough analysis of the multifaceted art of this poet and his place in the history of comedy. Issues which she addresses include the creation of a poetic personality within a performative tradition of fierce interpoetic rivalry; the play at the boundaries of the comic genre and the interaction with satyr drama and tragedy, especially Aeschylus; stagecraft and dramaturgy; comic plot-construction and characterization; the author's reflection on his immediate political, social and intellectual context. As well as providing insight into Cratinus, her book enriches our understanding of fifth-century Athenian comedy in a dynamic evolving environment. |
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Contents
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2 Cratinus and the Satyr Play | 81 |
3 Cratinus and Tragedy | 118 |
Elements of PlotComposition in the Comedy of Cratinus | 180 |
5 Production and Imagination | 230 |
Appendix 1 The Parabasis Proper of Cratinus Dionysalexandros POxy 663 ll 69 | 297 |
Appendix 2 The Date of the Accusations against Phidias and his Trial | 305 |
Appendix 3 Papyrus fragments of Plutoi | 313 |
Appendix 4 Hypothesis to Dionysalexandros POxy 663 text edited by KA iv 140 | 320 |
Appendix 5 New Edition of the Papyrus Hypothesis to Dionysalexandros POxy 663 | 322 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cratinus and the Art of Comedy |
| Author | Emmanuela Bakola |
| Publisher | OUP Oxford, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0191610011, 9780191610011 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › Drama / Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism / Drama |
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