TY  - GEN
T1  - Venom in verse : Aristophanes in modern Greece
T2  - Princeton modern Greek studies.
A1  - Van Steen, Gonda Aline Hector, 1964-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm51322048
AB  - 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
OP  - 284
CN  - PA3879 .V34 2000eb
SN  - 1400813719
SN  - 9781400813711
SN  - 9781400823758
SN  - 1400823757
SN  - 1282767135
SN  - 9781282767133
SN  - 9786612767135
SN  - 6612767138
SN  - 0691009562
SN  - 9780691009568
KW  - Aristophanes : Appreciation : Greece.
KW  - Aristophanes : Stage history : Greece.
KW  - Aristophane : Appréciation : Grèce.
KW  - Aristophane : Histoire scénique : Grèce.
KW  - Aristophanes
KW  - Greek drama (Comedy) : Appreciation : Greece.
KW  - Greek drama (Comedy) : Presentation, Modern.
KW  - Theater : Greece : History.
KW  - Greek drama (Comedy)
KW  - Comédie grecque : Appréciation : Grèce.
KW  - Comédie grecque.
KW  - Théâtre : Grèce : Histoire.
KW  - DRAMA : Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
KW  - Art appreciation
KW  - Greek drama (Comedy) : Appreciation
KW  - Greek drama : Modern presentation
KW  - Theater
KW  - Greece
KW  - Receptie.
KW  - History
ER  -