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1 online resource (xvii, 284 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Princeton modern Greek studies
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Princeton modern Greek studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index. |
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Poisoned gift from antiquity: Aristophanes as Paravase of Koraes' nationalist ideology -- Aristophanes in modern Greek: a demotic, satirical, and theatrical Paravase -- The Lysistrata euphoria of 1900 to 1940: sexual and antifeminist Paravase -- Koun's birds of 1959: Paravase of right-wing politics -- Framing, clowning, and cloning Aristophanes. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
Aristophanes has enjoyed a conspicuous revival in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Greece. Here, Gonda Van Steen provides the first critical analysis of the role of the classical Athenian playwright in modern Greek culture, explaining how the sociopolitical "venom" of Aristophanes' verses remains relevant and appealing to modern Greek audiences. Deriding or challenging well-known figures and conservative values, Aristophanes' comedies transgress authority and continue to speak to many social groups in Greece who have found in him a witty, pointed, and accessible champion from their "native" t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aristophanes -- Appreciation -- Greece.
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Aristophanes. |
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Greece. |
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Aristophanes -- Stage history -- Greece.
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Aristophanes -- Appreciation -- Stage history -- Greece. |
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Aristophane -- Appréciation -- Grèce. |
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Aristophane -- Histoire scénique -- Grèce. |
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Greek drama (Comedy) -- Appreciation -- Greece.
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Greek drama (Comedy) -- Appreciation. |
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Greek drama (Comedy) -- Presentation, Modern.
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Greek drama (Comedy) |
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Theater -- Greece -- History.
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Theater. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Van Steen, Gonda Aline Hector, 1964- Venom in verse. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000 0691009562 (DLC) 99039767 (OCoLC)42667842 |
| ISBN |
1400813719 (electronic book) |
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9781400813711 (electronic book) |
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9781400823758 (electronic book) |
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1400823757 (electronic book) |
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0691009562 (alkaline paper) |
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9780691009568 (alkaline paper) |
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