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The Comedian as Critic: Greek Old Comedy and Poetics
The Comedian as Critic Greek Old Comedy and Poetics
Author: Matthew Wright
Some of the best evidence for the early development of literary criticism before Plato and Aristotle comes from Athenian Old Comedy. Playwrights such as Eupolis, Cratinus, Aristophanes and others wrote numerous comedies on literary themes, commented on their own poetry and that of their rivals, and played around with ideas and theories from the ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781472504449
ISBN-10: 1472504445
Publication Date: 3/13/2014
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Book Type: Paperback
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