The Plays and Fragments [Audiobook] download free by Menander
- Listen audiobook: The Plays and Fragments
- Author: Menander
- Release date: 2010/12/7
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780199540730
- Rating: 8.39 of 10
- Votes: 504
- Review by: Emerie Brandon
- Review rating: 8.76 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/5
- Duration: 4H24M13S in 256 kbps (70.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-16
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, WAV, MP3, MPEG4, MPEG-4 ALS, WMA (compression 7Z, ZIP, GZ, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 352
- Includes a PDF summary of 30 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 22M47S (6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Menander was the founding father of European comedy. From Ralph Roister Doister to What the Butler Saw, from Henry Fielding to P. G. Wodehouse, the stock motifs and characters can be traced back to him.The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays but until the twentieth century he was known to us only by short quotations in ancient authors. Since 1907 papyri found in the sand of Egypt have brought to light more and more fragments, many substantial, and in 1958 the papyrus text of a complete play was published, The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) . His romantic comedies deal with the lives of ordinary Athenian families, and they are thedirect ancestors not only of Roman comedy but also of English comedy from the Renaissance to the present day.This new verse translation is accurate and highly readable, providing a consecutive text with supplements based on the dramatic situation and surviving words in the damaged papyri. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Plays, Playscripts, Literary Studies: Plays & Playwrights
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 11.47 USD
- Dimensions: 130x200x25mm
- Weight: 281g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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