Satyric Play: The Evolution Of Greek Comedy And Satyr Drama

From archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, the remains of comic and satyric performances reveal a range of literary, aesthetic, historical, religious, and geographical connections. This book analyzes the details of this interplay diachronically, showing that comedy and satyr plays influenced each other in nearly all stages of their development.

• | Author: Carl A. Shaw
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 25, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199950946
• | ISBN-13: 9780199950942