{"product_id":"9780191610011","title":"Cratinus and the Art of Comedy","description":"Cratinus, one of the lost great poets of fifth-century Athenian comedy, had a formative influence on the comic genre, including Aristophanes himself. Using a methodologically innovative approach, Emmanuela Bakola studies the surviving fragments of Cratinus' plays and offers a thorough analysis of the multifaceted art of this poet and his place in the history of comedy. Issues which she addresses include the creation of a poetic personality within a performative\u003cbr\u003etradition of fierce interpoetic rivalry; the play at the boundaries of the comic genre and the interaction with satyr drama and tragedy, especially Aeschylus; stagecraft and dramaturgy; comic plot-construction and characterization; the author's reflection on his immediate political, social and\u003cbr\u003eintellectual context. As well as providing insight into Cratinus, her book enriches our understanding of fifth-century Athenian comedy in a dynamic evolving environment.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172207444208,"sku":"9780191610011","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780191610011_p0.jpg?v=1763661431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780191610011","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}