The Comedian as Critic: Greek Old Comedy and Poetics

by Matthew Wright and Matthew Wright

Book Overview

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 contemporary intellectual scene. How can we make use of the evidence of comedy? Why were the comic poets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472504445
• ISBN13: 9781472504449
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"