Genre: NONFICTION > Academic Text
Aristophanes’ Tragic Muse: Tragedy, Comedy, and the Polis in Classical Athens
Stephanie Nelson
Role: Author
Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse considers the opposition of comedy and tragedy in 5th century Athens and its effect on the drama of Aristophanes. The study examines tragedy’s focus on necessity and a quest for meaning as a complement to a neglected but critical element in Athenian comedy, a concern with freedom and an underlying ambivalent vision of reality.
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