Aristophanic Comedy Tapa blanda - 1972

Paperback. Good.

Univ. of California. 1972. vg. Paperback. ISBN:0520022114 8" tall; xiv + 253pp including index & bibliography; yellow cover has some sunning to spine; prev. owner's name on first page .

University of California Press, 1972-03-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7100 8.4300 5.2800.

UsedGood. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. Some foxing and/or discoloration around edges.

University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press, March 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Pages are clean with no apparent marks other than previous owner's name inside. Binding is sound. Light shelf wear to cover. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

University of California Press. Good+. 1972. Softcover. 0520022114 . Creasing to spine. Chipping to spine ends. Tear to base of spine cover (3 cm). Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else VG. ; 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… Leer más

University of California Press. Very Good+. 1972. Softcover. 0520022114 . Spine 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.… Leer más

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Neat owner's name to front free endpaper; otherwise a clean, tight, and completely unmarked copy showing very slight edge wear. A neat copy. Select bibliography, indices. xv,253pp. .