Description
Book Synopsis"The quality of scholarship is first-rate; it is clearly and engagingly written and is full of fresh insights into a great many facets of Aristophanes' plays."-Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University
Trade Review"
Spectator Politics is a rich and imaginatively conceived study of the self-referential nature of Aristophanic comedy which envisions, often in precise detail, the original production of eight comedies in chronological order. . . . A welcome contribution to Aristophanic scholarship: original, well-informed and well-researched and, not the least of its virtues, amusingly written." *
Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
"Superb. . . . A book that should greatly appeal to anyone who is interested in the process of human thought and action. The themes are as pertinent to our world as they were to that of Aristophanes' audience." *
Virginia Quarterly Review *
"The quality of scholarship is first-rate; it is clearly and engagingly written and is full of fresh insights into a great many facets of Aristophanes' plays." * Jeffrey Henderson, Boston University *
"An excellent book, lively, thought-provoking, full of insights-a book that will stimulate discussion for many years." *
Scholia Reviews *
Table of ContentsPreface
1. The Naming of Parts
2. The Emergence of the Actor
3. Euripides' Rag and Bone Shop: Acharnians
4. The Politics of Performance: Knights
5. Bringing Up Father: Wasps
6. Making Peace—or Dionysus in '21
7. Performing the City: Birds
8. Cross-Dress for Success: Thesmophoriazusae
9. Glorious Mud: Frogs
10. Waiting in the Wings: Ecclesiazusae
11. Reprise—and Coming Attractions
Bibliography
Index Locorum
Index Nominum et Rerum
