Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy

Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy

by M. S. Silk

456 pages· 2002· ISBN 9780199253821
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'Silk succeeds brilliantly, ranging far and wide across the entire spectrum of ancient and modern comedy... Michael Silk has given us much to think about.' -Erich Segal, Times Literary SupplementA major critical study of the greatest comic writer of ancient Greece, which relates Aristophanes' work to modern literature and modern theory in order to offer a new theory of comedy. It will be essential reading for students and specialists of ancient Greek drama and poetry, and also for many students and scholars of modern literature.

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