Aristophanic Humour : Theory and Practice /: Theory and Practice. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Swallow, Edith Hall.
• Editors: Swallow, Peter; Hall, Edith
• Contents: List of Illustrations List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Dissecting the Frog(s) (Peter Swallow, King's College London, UK) Part 1: Theory2. Beyond a Joke: Making Humour Theory Work with Aristophanes (N.J. Lowe, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)3. Play as Shared Psychological Register: Paidiá, Laughter and Aristophanes (Edith Hall, King's College London, UK) 4. Aristophanic Incongruities (Craig Jendza, University of Kansas, USA)5. Laughter, or Aristophanes' Joy in the Face of Death (Mario Telò, UC Berkeley, USA) 6. Laughter and Collective Trauma in Aristophanic Comedy (Pavlos Sfyroeras, Middlebury College, USA)7. The Satirist as Troll?: Sociopathic Strains in Aristophanes (Ralph M. Rosen, University of Pennsylvania, USA) 8. The Hilarious Politics of the Supernatural in Aristophanic Comedy (Edith Hall, King's College London, UK) 9. Aristotle on Aristophanic Humour (Pierre Destrée, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Part 2: Practice 10. Surface and Deep Aristophanic Parody (Athina Papachrysostomou, University of Patras, Greece)11. A Grammar of Para Prosdokian (Dimitrios Marios Kanellakis, University of Oxford, UK)12. Laughing against the Machine (Maria Gerolemou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus)13. No Laughing Matter? The Comic Potential of Madness in Aristophanes (Natalia Tsoumpra, University of Glasgow, UK)14. Sexual Violence and Aristophanic Humour (Peter Swallow, King's College London, UK)15. Aristophanes, Philosopher: The Comedy of Truth in Nietzsche and Freud (Adam Lecznar, University College London, UK)16. Melancholia and Laughter: Modern Greek Productions of Aristophanes in the Twenty-First Century (Magdalena Zira, King's College London, UK)17. Saving Classics with The Clouds: A Case Study in Adapting Aristophanes (David Bullen, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Notes Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Drama -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval; History -- Ancient -- Greece; Literary Criticism -- Ancient & Classical; Classical texts
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350101548; 1350101540
• Related ISBNs: 9781350101524
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.