Rhetoric, comedy, and the violence of language in Aristophanes' Clouds / Daphne Elizabeth O'Regan
1992, First Edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394493
ISBN: 0195070178
Physical description: 216 pages; 21cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction; 1. The Changing Role of Logos: Background; 2. Setting the Scene: Lines 1-132; 3. Meeting the Wise Souls and Their Gods: Lines 133-313; 4. Martial Speech, Fluid Shapes, Thunderous Sounds: Lines 314-509; 5. Aristophanes' Failures -- The Parabasis: Lines 510-626; 6. Strepsiades' Failures: Lines 627-888; 7. The Debate of the Logoi -- The Agon: Lines 889-1112; 8. The Triumph of Practical Sophistry: Lines 1113-1302; 9. Comic Justice: Lines 1303-1510; Conclusion: Our Innovative, Democratic Clouds; Appendix: The Clouds' Two Versions; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages; A; C; E.
Subjects: Aristophanes. Clouds. Aristophanes Technique. Aristophanes.
Aristophanes. Clouds.
Aristophanes Technique.
Aristophanes. Clouds. Aristophanes. Nubes.
Clouds (Aristophanes)
Violence in literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient. Comedy.
Violence dans la littérature.
Rhétorique ancienne.
Comédie. comedy plays.
DRAMA Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Comedy.
Rhetoric, Ancient. Technique. Violence in literature. Violence in literature. Rhetoric, Ancient.
Comedy. Rhetoric, Ancient History and criticism. Violence in literature History and criticism. Greek drama (Comedy) History and criticism. Comedy. Greek drama. Rhetoric, Ancient.
Violence in literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient
Violence in literature
Comedy Technique.
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