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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Susan LapePublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780691115832ISBN 10: 0691115834 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 14 December 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAs its title suggests, this book is much more than a commentary on the extant plays and fragments of the only surviving 'new comedy' playwright. Lape aims to see Menander's plays as both social commentary and political statement Choice This impressive contribution to New Comedy studies... Interpret[s] Menander's comedies not so much from literary and theatrical angles but from the ways that they relate to the history--military, political and social--of Menander's time... Throughout this book Susan Lape appears in full command of the many areas relevant to her arguments. -- W. Geoffrey Arnott International Journal of the Classical Tradition As its title suggests, this book is much more than a commentary on the extant plays and fragments of the only surviving 'new comedy' playwright. Lape aims to see Menander's plays as both social commentary and political statement -- Choice This impressive contribution to New Comedy studies... Interpret[s] Menander's comedies not so much from literary and theatrical angles but from the ways that they relate to the history--military, political and social--of Menander's time... Throughout this book Susan Lape appears in full command of the many areas relevant to her arguments. -- W. Geoffrey Arnott, International Journal of the Classical Tradition As its title suggests, this book is much more than a commentary on the extant plays and fragments of the only surviving 'new comedy' playwright. Lape aims to see Menander's plays as both social commentary and political statement --Choice This impressive contribution to New Comedy studies... Interpret[s] Menander's comedies not so much from literary and theatrical angles but from the ways that they relate to the history--military, political and social--of Menander's time... Throughout this book Susan Lape appears in full command of the many areas relevant to her arguments. --W. Geoffrey Arnott, International Journal of the Classical Tradition Author InformationSusan Lape is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California, Irvine. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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