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Rhetoric, Comedy, and the Violence of Language in Aristophanes' Clouds

Rhetoric, Comedy, and the Violence of Language in Aristophanes' Clouds( )
Author: O'Regan, Daphne
ISBN:978-0-19-507017-0
Publication Date:Oct 1992
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $235.00
Book Description:

This is an intelligent and unusually thought-provoking reading of Aristophanes' Clouds. O'Regan focuses on logos, or the power of argument, and its effects, and on the self-awareness of the second Clouds as a comedy of logos directed toward an audience made resistant by devotion to the body. Within and without the play, logos meets defeat when confronted with human nature and desire. The argument conveys much insight into fifth-century thought and the play's workings, the more so...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric
Performing Arts / Comedy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.318 x 9.438 x 0.858 Inches
Book Weight:1.065 Pounds



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