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| Author | : Menander |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 381 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0521514282 |
The first edition for half a century of any play of Menander designed for English-speaking students reading it in Greek.
| Author | : Menander |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 131 |
| Release | : 1983-01-01 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780856682254 |
With the discovery in Egypt of papyrus books we now know much more about Greek 'New Comedy' and the plays of its greatest exponent, Menander, but his second best preserved play, Samia, is not yet generally known. In this new edition the text takes account of all recent scholarly work, with the facing translation as an aid to interpretation. The commentary elucidates the text, explaining the themes and conventions of New Comedy, and emphasizing the text's dramatic nature. The Samia is among the ancestors of modern comedy, whose traditions are derived from Menander and the Greek plays adapted by Plautus and Terence for Roman audiences.
| Author | : Menander (of Athens.) |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780812216523 |
These comedies by Greek dramatist Menander reveal that the oft-employed theme of mistaken identity is as old as the great Dionysus. The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of classical Greek drama. The aim of the series is to make both the works and their interpretations accessible to the reading public.
| Author | : Ariana Traill |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2008-05-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139472623 |
Taking a fresh look at mistaken identity in the work of an author who helped to introduce the device to comedy, in this book Professor Traill shows how the outrageous mistakes many male characters in Menander make about women are grounded in their own emotional needs. The core of the argument derives from analysis of speeches by or about women, with particular attention to the language used to articulate problems of knowledge and perception, responsibility and judgement. Not only does Menander freely borrow language, situations, and themes from tragedy, but he also engages with some of tragedy's epistemological questions, particularly the question of how people interpret what they see and hear. Menander was instrumental in turning the tragic theme of human ignorance into a comic device and inventing a plot type with enormous impact on the western tradition. This book provides original insights into his achievements within their historical and intellectual context.
| Author | : Larry Thomas Menefee |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 1966 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Menander (of Athens.) |
| Publisher | : Plume |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Fathers and daughters |
| ISBN | : 9780452008656 |
With the discovery and translation of the Dyskolos ("The Grouch"), Menander comes alive with subtle philosophy and vision. His world of troubled lovers, scheming servants, and foolish old men, with its witty dialogue and quick turnabouts in plot, offers friendly advice on life as we still experience it today and insightful commentary on the shortcomings of humanity. In this play about an outrageous misanthrope, the mischief he causes, and the comeuppance he receives, we encounter a comic spirit that Molière would have bowed to in homage.
| Author | : Aristophanes |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2006-09-28 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0141959487 |
From the fifth to the second century BC, innovative comedy drama flourished in Greece and Rome. This collection brings together the greatest works of Classical comedy, with two early Greek plays: Aristophanes' bold, imaginative Birds, and Menander's The Girl from Samos, which explores popular contemporary themes of mistaken identity and sexual misbehaviour; and two later Roman comic plays: Plautus' The Brothers Menaechmus - the original comedy of errors - and Terence's bawdy yet sophisticated double love-plot, The Eunuch. Together, these four plays demonstrate the development of Classical comedy, celebrating its richness, variety and extraordinary legacy to modern drama.
| Author | : S. Ireland |
| Publisher | : Classical Studies |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
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| Author | : Menander |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2004-07-29 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 0141913479 |
Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including 'The Girl from Samos' and 'The Rape of the Locks', all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished works - profoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western tradition - may be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.
| Author | : David Wiles |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2004-06-03 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780521543521 |
An examination of the conventions and techniques of the Greek theatre of Menander and subsequent Roman theatre.
