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Aristophanes´ Thesmophoriazusae: Philosophizing Theatre and the Politics of Perception in Late Fifth-Century Athens
Ashley Clements
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hardcover. Examines the engagement of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae with Parmenidean philosophy to issue a political critique of tragic deception and its effects. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece Thesmophoriazusae has long been recognized amongst the plays of Old Comedy for its deconstruction of tragic theatricality. This book reveals that this deconstruction is grounded not simply in Aristophanes' wider engagement with tragic realism. Rather, it demonstrates that from its outset Aristophanes' play draws upon Parmenides' philosophical revelations concerning reality and illusion, employing Eleatic strictures and imagery to philosophize the theatrical situation, criticize Aristophanes' poetic rival Euripides as promulgator of harmful deceptions, expose the dangerous complicity of Athenian theatre audiences in tragic illusion, and articulate political advice to an audience negotiating a period of political turmoil characterized ... Read more
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece Thesmophoriazusae has long been recognized amongst the plays of Old Comedy for its deconstruction of tragic theatricality. This book reveals that this deconstruction is grounded not simply in Aristophanes' wider engagement with tragic realism. Rather, it demonstrates that from its outset Aristophanes' play draws upon Parmenides' philosophical revelations concerning reality and illusion, employing Eleatic strictures and imagery to philosophize the theatrical situation, criticize Aristophanes' poetic rival Euripides as promulgator of harmful deceptions, expose the dangerous complicity of Athenian theatre audiences in tragic illusion, and articulate political advice to an audience negotiating a period of political turmoil characterized ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Classical Studies
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107040823
SKU
V9781107040823
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About Ashley Clements
Ashley Clements is Lecturer in Greek Literature and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin.
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