Laughter on the Fringes
The Reception of Old Comedy in the Imperial Greek World
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 21 March 2019
- ISBN 9780190697099
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 155x231x25 mm
- Weight 544 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book examines the reception of Athenian Old Comedy by Greek writers of the imperial era. It explores how the major authors of this period (Plutarch, Aelius Aristides, Lucian, Alciphron, and Libanius) adopted aspects of the genre to negotiate power struggles, facilitate rivalries, and provide a model for autobiographical writing.
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This book examines the impact that Athenian Old Comedy had on Greek writers of the imperial era. It is generally acknowledged that imperial-era Greeks responded to Athenian Old Comedy in one of two ways: either as a treasure trove of Atticisms or as a genre defined by and repudiated for its aggressive humor. Worthy of further consideration, however, is the degree to which both approaches, and particularly the latter one that relegated Old Comedy to the fringes of the literary canon, led authors to engage with the ironic and self-reflexive humor of Aristophanes, Eupolis and Cratinus. Authors ranging from serious moralizers (Plutarch and Aelius Aristides) to comic writers in their own right (Lucian, Alciphron) to other figures not often associated with Old Comedy (Libanius) adopted aspects of the genre to negotiate power struggles, facilitate literary and sophistic rivalries, and as a model for autobiographical writing. To varying degrees, these writers wove recognizable features of the genre (e.g. the parabasis, its agonistic language, the stage biographies of the individual poets) into their writings. The image of Old Comedy that emerges from this time is that of a genre in transition. It was, on the one hand, with the exception of Aristophanes' extant plays, on the verge of being almost completely lost; on the other hand, its reputation and several of its most characteristic elements were being renegotiated and reinvented.
[Peterson's] learned book will be valuable to all scholars interested in the classical tradition. ... Summing up: Recommended
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Introduction
Chapter One. A Problematic Genre: Plutarch
Chapter Two. Between Plato and the Gods: Aelius Aristides on Old Comedy
Chapter Three. Old Comedy Revived: Lucian's Fisherman and Double Indictment
Chapter Four. Lucian's Prolaliai and the Dynamics of Competition
Chapter Five. Old Comedy Transformed: Libanius and the Fourth Century
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Index Locorum
