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Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor Foxing to DJ. ; Greeks divided the world into Greece vs. The land of foreigners, into Hellenes vs. Barbarians, seeing their country as a bastion of culture, learning, and military might surrounded by a sea of the uncivilized. Long shows how comedy expressed the Greek feeling of superiority over the barbarians, how it dealt with the so-called barbarian-Hellene antithesis. The result is a contribution to the study of ancient Greek comedy—both the comedy itself and the beliefs, the prejudices, the limitations, and the variety in the society from which the plays emerged. The comedians’ responses to the barbarians ranged from idealization to neutrality to raw racism. Although contemptuous of barbarians, the Hellenes could not keep elements of foreign culture from entering their own. Long’s major contention is that the Greek reaction to Oriental and other foreign influence can be seen in the treatment of barbarians in Greek comedy. ; 240 pages
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean tight copy with unmarked blue cloth boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks to corners and a little foxing. 223pp. Autobiography of Wilfred Pickles, radio personality from Halifax who ran the long-running show 'Have A Go'.
Faint long crease through front wrap. Light wear to bottom corner. Very light Pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; Contents: Myth, parody, and comic plots / H. -G. Nesselrath --The fabrication of comic illusion / N. W. Slater --The poet's voice in the evolution of dramatic dialogism / G. W. Dobrov --The continuity of the chorus in fourth-century attic comedy / K. S. Rothwell --Plato comicus and the evolution of Greek comedy / R. M. Rosen --The maculate music / G. W. Dobrov --Beyond Aristophanes / J. Henderson. ; American Philological Association American Classical Studies Series; 232 pages; This collection of essays is devoted to the most important changes--in theme, language, structure, style, and production--that characterize the transformation of Athenian Comedy from the mid-fifth through the fourth century.
Very Good English Modern cloth bdg. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 152 p. First and only edition. Bir günün beyligi. Komedi, 3 perde. Translated by Ali Süha Delilbasi.
180p. + Color frontis of Brunet reciting his puns, satires, and jokes. Some age stained. Edges uncut. Early full vellum binding. Ragueneau de La Chainaye (1777-1850) was a popular comic and dramatic stage performer who kept his humor and head throughout the French Revolution. This is apparently the true first edition. Quite scarce. No examples of this edition are located by OCLC in the U.S. FR-VOYAGE 3RD FL
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 78 p. Pages untrimmed and unopened. Casina is a Latin play by the early Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. Many of the characters in Casina are stock characters of Greek and Roman comedy, such as the old man chasing after the young slave woman. This is the first Turkish Edition of Casina by Plautus. It's translated by Nurullah Ataç, (1898-1957),(translated from French to Turkish), who was a Turkish writer, translator, poet and literary critic. He was born on 21 August 1898 in Istanbul, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Galatasaray High School and the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University. After his father's death in 1921, he began serving as a French teacher in various schools in Istanbul. After the proclamation of the Turkish Republic he also served in Ankara and Adana. In 1926 he married to Leman Ataç. He was appointed as an official translator of the presidency. He also served as the chairman of the media branch of the Turkish Language Association. Ataç is known as a productive writer with an excellent memory. He translated more than 70 books to Turkish. He wrote essays and poems using modern Turkish words. He was a champion of inverted sentences in his writings In his critics he was often relentless. OCLC has six copies: 32675443. First Turkish Edition.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 255pp. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival told by a racontaire extraordinaire who had been reviewing these shows for over fifteen years, He tells of the gossip, the intrigue, the celebrities, the critics, the grand occasions and the tragedies off-stage amongst a vast range of appearances.
Nicely printed, title page in red and black. Some browning to spine and edges of wraps. Faint soiling to wraps. ; Ii+116pp. ; 116 pages
in-8°; 30 volumi in mezza pergamena con angoli e doppio tassello al dorso, tagli in rosso, bella legatura solida. Il primo con ritratto.
To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused) ? When do we laugh, and why? What is it that writers and speakers enjoy - and risk - when they tell a joke, indulge in bathos, talk nonsense, or encourage irony? This Very Short Introduction explores comedy both as a literary genre, and as a range of non-literary phenomena, experiences and events. Matthew Bevis studies the classics ofcomic drama, prose fiction and poetry, alongside forms of pantomime, comic opera, silent cinema, popular music, Broadway shows, music-hall, stand-up and circus acts, rom-coms, sketch shows, sit-coms, caricatures, and cartoons. Taking in scenes from Aristophanes to The Office, from the Roman Saturnalia to Groundhog Day, Bevis also considers comic theory from Aristotle to Freud and beyond, tracing how comic achievements have resisted as well as confirmed theory across the ages. This book takes comedy seriously without taking it solemnly, and offers an engaging study of the comic spirit which lies at the heart of our shared social and cultural life. ; Very Short Introductions; 168 pages
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ spine sunned. ; 168 pages; This book opens a neglected chapter in the reception of Athenian drama, especially comedy, and gives center stage to a particularly attractive and entertaining series of vase-paintings which have generally been regarded as marginal curiosities. These are the so-called "phylax vases," nearly all painted in Greek cities of South Italy in the period 400 to 360 B. C. Until now, they have been taken to reflect a sort of local folk-theater, but Taplin argues that most, if not all, reflect Athenian comedy of the sort represented by Aristophanes. His bold thesis brings up questions about the relation of tragedy as well as comedy to vase painting, the cultural climate of the Greek cities in Italy, and the extent to which Athenians were aware of drama as a potential "export." It also enriches appreciation of many key aspects of Aristophanic comedy. The book has assembled 47 photographs of vase-paintings, many printed here for the first time outside specialist publications not readily accessible.
Spine is sunned and discolored. Else very light shelfwear. ; Clarendon Paperbacks; 168 pages; This book opens a neglected chapter in the reception of Athenian drama, especially comedy, and gives center stage to a particularly attractive and entertaining series of vase-paintings which have generally been regarded as marginal curiosities. These are the so-called "phylax vases," nearly all painted in Greek cities of South Italy in the period 400 to 360 B. C. Until now, they have been taken to reflect a sort of local folk-theater, but Taplin argues that most, if not all, reflect Athenian comedy of the sort represented by Aristophanes. His bold thesis brings up questions about the relation of tragedy as well as comedy to vase painting, the cultural climate of the Greek cities in Italy, and the extent to which Athenians were aware of drama as a potential "export." It also enriches appreciation of many key aspects of Aristophanic comedy. The book has assembled 47 photographs of vase-paintings, many printed here for the first time outside specialist publications not readily accessible.
Rebound in 1/4 leather binding with marbled boards except Vol. 1 which has dark brown cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spines. Some flecking off of leather from bottom of spine of Vol. 2. Vol. 2 spine cover cracked along 1 joint. Vol. 3 has some loss to leather and spine has been crudely repaired at heel and foot with brown tape. Boards are a bit edgeworn. Minor pencil marginalia to some pages. Internally VG. ; Vol 1: (1880) xxii, 806 pp; vol. 2 (1884) 582 pp; vol. 3 (1888) 756 pp. ; 3 Volume Set; Vol. 1/3/2022
Very light bumping to corners. Minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1958 edition. ; Vol. 1; 256 pages
Very light shelfwear to book. Else fine. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix supplementary volume, 10; 222 pages
Very light shelfwear to book else fine. Endpapers lightly tanned. Some chipping and tears to DJ. Some tear to upper edge of back panel with some loss of DJ. Shelfwear and rubbing to DJ. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix supplementary volume, 10; 222 pages
Faint spotting to spine. 2 tiny pen markings to base of textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume, 10; 222 pages
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has chipping and a few small tears. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume, 10; 222 pages
Book has sticker stain on inner fly-page. Light chipping to top of dustjacket spine. A few closed tears to back panel. Shelfwear and rubbing to DJ. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix supplementary volume, 10; 222 pages
Former owner's name stamped on ffep. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix supplementary volume, 10; 222 pages
Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ has small tears (a couple repaired with cellotape) and some rubbing. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume, 10; 222 pages
Very minor shelfwear to book. DJ has some tears and chipping. DJ is price-clipped. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume, 10; 222 pages
Press packet for the 1993 film, Coneheads, directed by Steve Barron and starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. One staple-bound 8 1/2"x 11" promotional typewritten-style pamphlet (with writing on cover), and six 8 ' x 10" sheets of glossy black and white photos from the film. All in a glossy pictorial paper folder with slight creases and edge wear.
Nicolini Editore, marzo 1992. Comedia en trei ac'. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
in-8 broché, couv. sous jaquette illustree. Bel exemplaire. [AZ-16]
