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The Comedy of Menander

The Comedy of Menander

Convention, Variation, and Originality
Netta Zagagi
Distribution: World
Publication date: 3/1/1995
Format: cloth 0 pages
6.125 x 9.25
ISBN: 978-0-253-36851-5
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“Professor Zagagi has given us a lucid, coherent and persuasive account of Menander’s dramatic technique.” —Literary Review

“This is by far the best general study of Menander and will be absolutely essential reading for those interested in this justly celebrated author.” —Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones

Menander (342-293 B.C.) was the greatest dramatist of Greek New Comedy, which has influenced the course of Western drama both in its realism and in its romanticism.

Author Bio

NETTA ZAGAGI is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Tel-Aviv.

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Table of Contents

Preface
References and Abbreviations
1. Convention and Variation
2. Artistic Principles

Polyphony

Economy

Emphasis on Human Interaction
3. The Chorus and Related Problems
4. Technical Variety in the Use of Motifs: Repetition Versus Unfulfilled Expectations
5. Between Comedy and Life

Dyskolos

Samia
6. Divine Interventions and Human Agents
Epilogue
Bibliography