List of Figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Comedy and Satyr Drama in Plato and Aristotle
Chapter Two: Early Kômos Songs: Satyric, Precomic, and Dithyrambic
Performance
Chapter Three: Sicilian Comedy and the Attic Satyr Play
Chapter Four: Old Comedy, Classical Satyr Drama, and Euripides'
Alcesits
Chapter Five: Middle Comedy and the "Satyric" Style
Chapter Six: Post-Classical Satyr Play and Old Comedy
Conclusion
References
Index of Passages
General Index
Carl Shaw is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature at New College of Florida.
"While generic relationships have become an important focus in the
study of classical Greek theatre, satyr drama, though a partner in
the tragic performances, has been relatively neglected. This new
study illuminates a vital dimension of satyr drama by tracing its
interaction with comedy, both Attic and West-Greek, from the
beginnings into Roman times. Original, comprehensive, and
engagingly written, Satyric Play will richly reward both newcomers
and
experienced fans of the genre." --Jeffrey Henderson, Boston
University
"This book is an experiment in putting the most marginal and
subordinate dramatic genre into the center of view, imagining it as
a dynamic, admired intellectual force. In doing so, Carl Shaw reads
as much as he can into each scrap of information, explores the
widest possible range of evidence and presses his arguments as far
as they will go-and does so with great success. He shows that the
comedies of Epicharmus and those of the Athenian fourth century
were
greatly influenced by Satyr Play, and that in the fourth century
Satyr Play paradoxically achieved- during the decline of
tragedy-its independence, and broke free within the competition as
a newly
original genre." --Jeffrey Rusten, Cornell University
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