The Death of ComedyIn a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. With fitting wit, profound erudition lightly worn, and instructive examples from the mildly amusing to the uproarious, his book fully illustrates comedy's glorious life cycle from its first breath to its death in the Theater of the Absurd. |
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... Acharnians . Demus , astounded , remarks with the dirtiest language in a very dirty play : DEMUS : Oh much - honored Zeus , how gorgeous they are ! By the gods , I'll ram my pole in each of them three times ! 81 With the deposed Cleon ...
... Acharnians 27. Compare Eupolis frag . 219 K. - A .: " O polis , polis [ polis ] ! / Up to now you've been so lucky , but not wise . " 19. See J. Henderson , The Maculate Muse2 ( Oxford , 1991 ) , p . 58 . 20. Acharnians 30 . 21. Ibid ...
... Acharnians , ed . Alan H. Sommerstein ( Warminster , 1980 ) , ad loc . 47. Acharnians 590–593 . 48. Ibid . , 664 , deilos kai lakatapygōn . 49. Acharnians 977. See , for example , Crates frag . 16-18 K. - A .; Cratinus frags . 172 , 176 ...
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Getting to the Root of It I | 1 |
The Song of the Kōmos ΙΟ | 10 |
The Lyre and the Phallus | 27 |
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