Ritual and Performativity: The Chorus in Old Comedy: 20 (Hellenic Studies (HUP))

by Anton Bierl (Author), Alexander Hollmann (Translator), Anton Bierl (Author)

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  2010

  $45.25

  Presents a study investigating the chorus of Old Comedy. This book offers a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point. It includes a close reading of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae , which shows that ritual is indeed present in both the micro- and macrostructure of Attic comedy.