Der Chor in Der Alten Kom?die: Ritual and Performativit?t, Unter Besonderer Ber?cksichtigung Von Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusen Und Der Phallosliede [German]

by Anton Bierl

In this groundbreaking study, Anton Bierl uses recent approaches in literary and cultural studies to investigate the chorus of Old Comedy. After an extensive theoretical introduction that also serves as a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point, a close reading of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae shows that ritual is indeed present in both the micro- and macrostructure of Attic comedy, not as a fossilized remnant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 0674023730
• ISBN13: 9780674023734
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"