Aristophanic paratragedy

The scope of Aristophanes' use of tragedy remains insufficient!y explored. Most existing critical literature treats paratragedy as stylistic parody, peripheral to the text. This study aims to show how the use of tragedy, parodic and otherwise, informs Aristophanic texts substantively as well as...

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Main Author: Dutta, Shomit
Published: University of Oxford 2007
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-4915482015-03-20T06:27:55ZAristophanic paratragedyDutta, Shomit2007The scope of Aristophanes' use of tragedy remains insufficient!y explored. Most existing critical literature treats paratragedy as stylistic parody, peripheral to the text. This study aims to show how the use of tragedy, parodic and otherwise, informs Aristophanic texts substantively as well as stylistically through a range of complex textual functions.882.0109University of Oxfordhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491548Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Dutta, Shomit
Aristophanic paratragedy
description The scope of Aristophanes' use of tragedy remains insufficient!y explored. Most existing critical literature treats paratragedy as stylistic parody, peripheral to the text. This study aims to show how the use of tragedy, parodic and otherwise, informs Aristophanic texts substantively as well as stylistically through a range of complex textual functions.
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