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Classical Drama and Theatre
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Reaction Summaries: Section 3
Aristophanes
and Old Comedy |
| W.G. Arnott, "A Lesson from The Frogs," G&R 38 (1991) 18-23. [] |
| A.M. Bowie, "Lysistrata," "Thesmophoriazusae," and "Frogs" in Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy (Cambridge 1993). [] |
| G. Dobrov, "The Dawn of Farce: Aristophanes," in Farce, ed. J. Redmond (Cambridge1988) 5-31. [] |
| K. Lever, The Art of Greek Comedy, chpts. 1-3 (Methuen, London: 1956): Chapter 1: Archaic Greek Comedy (600-530 B.C.); Chapter 2: Archaic Greek Comedy (530-470 B.C.) Chapter 3: Athenian Old Comedy (487-430 B.C.). [] |
| N.J. Lowe, "Greek Stagecraft and Aristophanes," in Farce, ed. J. Redmond (Cambridge 1988) 33-52. [] |
| D.M. MacDowell, "Clowning and Slapstick in Aristophanes," in Farce, ed. J. Redmond (Cambridge 1988) 1-13. [] |
| D.M. MacDowell, "The Number of Speaking Actors in Old Comedy," CQ 44 (1994) 325-335. [] |
| D.M. MacDowell, "Akharnians," "Clouds" and "Wasps" in Aristophanes and Athens: An Introduction to the Plays (Oxford 1995). [] |
| C.W. Marshall, "Amphibian Ambiguities Answered," EMC 40 n.s. 15 (1996) 251-265. [] |
| C.W. Marshall, "Comic Technique and the Fourth Actor," CQ 47 (1997) 77-84. [] |
G. Norwood, "Cratinus" and "Eupolis" in Greek Comedy (Hill and Wang, New York: 1963). [] |
| J. Rusten, "Who 'Invented' Comedy? The Ancient Candidates for the Origins of Comedy and the Visual Evidence," AJP 127 (2006) 37-66. [] |
| R. Seaford, "Introduction" (pp. 1-61) in Euripides' Cyclops (Oxford Clarendon, 1988). [] |
| M.S. Silk, "Comedy and Tragedy (Chapter 2)" and "Serious Issues and ‘Serious Comedy' (Chapter 7)" in Aristophanes and the Definition of Comedy (Oxford Clarendon 2000). [] |
| N. Slater, "Making the Aristophanic Audience," AJP 120 (1999) 351-368. [] |
| D.F. Sutton, The Catharsis of Comedy (Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham MA: 1994). [] |
| W. Sypher, "The Meanings of Comedy" in Comedy: An Essay on Comedy (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London: 1956). [] |
Menander and New Comedy |
| W.G. Arnott, "Studies in Comedy, I: Alexis and the Parasite's Name," GRBS 9 (1968) 161-168. [] |
| W.G. Arnott, "Menander, qui vitae ostendit vitam . . .," G&R 15.1 (1968) 1-17. [] |
W.G. Arnott, "Time, Plot and Character in Menander," PLLS, vol. 2 (1979) 343-360. [] |
| P.G. Brown, "Masks, Names and Characters in New Comedy," Hermes 115 (1987) 181-202. [] |
| P.G. Brown, "Love and Marriage in Greek New Comedy," CQ 43 (1993) 189-205. [] |
| A.H. Groton, "Anger in Menander's Samia," AJP 108 (1987) 437-443. [] |
| R.L. Hunter, The Presentation of Herodas' Mimiamboi," Antichthon 27 (1993) 31-44. [] |
R.L. Hunter, "Chapter 3: Plots and motifs: the stereotyping of comedy" in The New Comedy of Greece and Rome (Cambridge 1985) 59-82. [] |
| R.L. Hunter, "Chapter 5: Comedy and Tragedy" in The New Comedy of Greece and Rome (Cambridge 1985) 114-136. [] |
| P.A. Iversen, "Coal for Diamonds: Syriskos' Character in Menander's Epitrepontes," AJP 122 (2001) 381-404. [] |
| S. Jeppesen, Rape and Paternity in New Comedy [] |
| S. Lape, "The Poetics of the Komos-Chorus in Menander's Comedy," AJP 127 (2006) 89-109. [] |
| A. Lesky, A History of Greek Literature, trans. J. Willis and C. de Heer (London 1966) 642-665. [] |
| T. MacCary, "Menander's Slaves: Their Names, Roles and Masks," and "Menander's Characters: Their Names, Roles and Masks," TAPA 100/101 (1969/70) 277-294, 277-290. [] |
| H-G. Nesselrath, "Parody and Later Greek Comedy," HSCP 95 (1993) 181-95. [] |
| F.H. Sandbach, The Comic Theatre of Greece and Rome (Chatto & Windus, London: 1977), esp. chpts. 4 and 5 on New Comedy and Menander. [] |
| A. Traill, "Knocking on Cnemon's Door: Stagecraft and Symbolism in the Dyskolos," TAPA 131 (2001) 87-108. [] |
| D. Wiles, "Marriage and Prostitution in Classical New Comedy," in Women in Theatre, ed. J. Redmond (Cambridge 1989) 31-48. [] |
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