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1972Spine slightly sunned. Very minor shelfwear. ; 280 pages; Professor Dover's book is designed for those who are interested in the history of comedy as an art form but who are not necessarily familiar with the Greek language. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are treated as representative of a genre. Old Attic Comedy, which was artistically and intellectually homogeneous and gave expression to the spirit of Athenian society in the late fifth and early fourth centuries B. C. Aristophanes is regarded primarily not as a reformer or propagandist but as a dramatist who sought, in competition with his rivals, to win the esteem both of the general public and of the cultivated and critical minority. He succeeded in this effort by making people laugh, and the book pays more attention than has generally been paid to the technical means, whether of language or of situation, on which Aristophanes' humor depends. Particular emphasis is laid on his indifference-positively assisted by the physical limitations of the Greek theatre and the conditions of the Athenian dramatic festivals-to the maintenance of continuous "dramatic illusion" or to the provision of a dramatic event with the antecedents and consequences which might logically be expected. More importance is attached to Aristophanes' adoption of popular attitudes and beliefs, to his creation of uninhibited characters with which the spectators could identify themselves, and to his acceptance of the comic poet's traditional role as a mordant but jocular critic of morals, than to any identifiable and consistent elements in his political standpoint.
1978Scholar's name to ffep. Pages tanned. Light bump to base of spine. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has chipping and a couple of small tears. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1971Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Very light shelfwear. DJ has chipping and a few small tears with tiny loss to head of spine. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1971Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has edgewear with a couple of small tears. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Sticker damage to rear wrap over barcode. Else VG. ; Penguin Classics; 7.0 X 4.3 X 0.5 inches; 224 pages
1985Scholars' name to halftitle (Mark Golden). Light shelfwear. ; The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol. 5; 196 pages
1970Light pencil underlining to a few pages of greek text. Scholar's name to ffep (Martin Cropp). DJ spine slightly browned. DJ has chipping and small tears to spine ends and corners. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Bumping to lower cornrers and to lower edge of front board. Light soiling to rear endpaper. Text is clean. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Many pencil notes to greek text and rear endpapers. Else minor shelfwear to book. DJ spine browned. DJ has chipping and a few tears ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has light rubbing and edgewear. DJ spine a bit browned. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1970Light shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). DJ has chipping and a few tears (2-3 cm). ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
1964Light shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ has light rubbing and edgewear. DJ spine a bit browned. ; English Introduction and Extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; 356 pages
19641 corner very lightly bumped. Very light pencil marginalia to about 2 pages. Very light shelfwear. ; Unveränderter photomechanischer nachdruck der ausgabe von 1927.; 223 pages
1958Inner hinges reinforced with clear tape (now browned). Some browning to wraps. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; Unveränderter photomechanischer nachdruck der ausgabe von 1927.; 223 pages
19737.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
1973A bit of creasing to wraps. Edgewear to spine ends with slight colour loss. Old price sticker to rear wrap. ; 7.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
1984Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing to top of textblock. Some foxing to DJ. Minor yellowing to DJ. ; Alternate ISBN: 0856681679 ; The Comedies of Aristophanes: Vol. 1; 215 pages
1967Very light pencil marginalia on a few pages. Small tears to wraps at spine ends. Light wear to corners. Minor browning to wraps. ; Greek Text with Extensive German Commentary. ; 377 pages
1954Light bump to upper corner with faint creasing through some pages. Creasing to upper corner of front wrap. Minor browning to wraps. ; Greek Text with Extensive German Commentary. ; Österreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte, 198. Band, 4. Abh. ; 377 pages
1954Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor browning to paper wraps. Some tears to spine ends (reinforced with cellotape- now yellowed). Scholar's name to ffep W. M. Hugill to front wrap. ; Greek Text with Extensive German Commentary. ; Österreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte, 198. Band, 4. Abh. ; 377 pages
1975Very light tanning to pages else Fine. ; Wege Der Forschung 265 (CCLXV) ; 528 pages
1960180 pages
1997Faint crease to 1 corner. Minor shelfwear to wraps. ; Reprint of the 1994 ed. Xiii, 279pp. Carlo Ferdinando Russo's book has been a seminal work on Aristophanes since its publication in Italy in 1962. In his detailed analysis, Russo considers the plays as libretti for actors and singers rather than as mere texts, and never loses sight of the stage. This is the classic book about Aristophanes. Now finally available in English and much-updated, it is essential reading for any student of Athenian comedy. ; 279 pages
1933Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Clipping of Gilbert Murray and selection celebrating his seventieth birthday pasted to front endpaper. Former owner's name to ffep. ; Xi, 268pp. ; 268 pages