Brills Companion To The Study Of Greek Comedy Brills Companions To Classical Studies Gregory W Dobrov by Gregory W. Dobrov 9789004109636, 9004109633 instant download after payment.

The Companion to the Study of Greek Comedy sets forth the main resources for the advancing student in three sections: "Contexts,""History," and "Elements.” The volume is a guide for understanding and interpreting the classic comedies as well as for navigating the principal corpora of texts, fragments and scholia. The present volume sets forth the main resources for the advancing
student of Ancient Greek Comedy. An international roster of specialists
contributes chapters organized into three sections: "Contexts": the
intellectual, physical and socio-historical setting of Athenian Comedy;
"History": the literary history of the Old, Middle and New periods; and
"Elements": the text, language and formal components of the genre
(including a comprehensive bibliography). This Companion is designed as a
resource for understanding and interpreting the classics of Athenian
Comedy from its inception through Menander. It will also be useful for
navigating the principal corpora of texts, fragments and scholia that
have been revised and augmented in recent years.This unique volume
occupies the middle ground between short surveys and highly specialized
scholarship.
Contributors include: W. Geoffrey Arnott, Angus Bowie, Eric Csapo,
Gregory W. Dobrov, J. Richard Green, Stanley Ireland, Heinz-Günther
Nesselrath, S. Douglas Olson, Alan H. Sommerstein, Ian Storey, Ralph M.
Rosen,
Andreas Willi, Bernhard Zimmermann.