City as Comedy

by Ronald Hoffman, Mechal Sobel, Omohundro Institute of Early Amer

Book Overview

These thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals, the contributors examine how the polis--as a place, a political entity, a specific social organization, and a set of ideological representations--was enacted on stage from the middle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807846457
• ISBN13: 9780807846452
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher