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Aristophanes and the Carnival of Genres.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Arethusa BksPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801893339
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aristophanes and the Carnival of GenresDDC classification:
  • 882/.01
LOC classification:
  • PA3879 .P55 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Bakhtin, Aristophanes, and the Carnival of Genres -- 1 Dikaiopolis on Modern Art -- 2 The Failed Programs of Clouds -- 3 Clouds on Clouds and the Aspirations of Wasps -- 4 Questioning Authority: Homer and Oracular Speech -- 5 The Return of Telephus: Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, and the Dialogic Background -- Conclusion: The Centrifugal Style -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
Summary: Although Bakhtin applied his theory primarily to the epic and the novel, Platter finds in his work profound implications for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the genre's lifeblood.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Bakhtin, Aristophanes, and the Carnival of Genres -- 1 Dikaiopolis on Modern Art -- 2 The Failed Programs of Clouds -- 3 Clouds on Clouds and the Aspirations of Wasps -- 4 Questioning Authority: Homer and Oracular Speech -- 5 The Return of Telephus: Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, and the Dialogic Background -- Conclusion: The Centrifugal Style -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

Although Bakhtin applied his theory primarily to the epic and the novel, Platter finds in his work profound implications for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the genre's lifeblood.

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