The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the 21st century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical responses to these films
"In recent decades literary approaches to drama have multiplied: new historical, intertextual, political, performative and metatheatrical, socio-linguistic, gender-driven, transgenre-driven. The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy marks the first comprehensive introduction…
"Athenian comic drama was written for performance at festivals honouring the god Dionysos. Through dramatic action and open discourse, poets sought to engage their rivals and impress the audience, all in an effort to obtain victory in the competitions. This book uses that compet…
"Athenian comic drama was written for performance at festivals honouring the god Dionysos. Through dramatic action and open discourse, poets sought to engage their rivals and impress the audience, all in an effort to obtain victory in the competitions. This book uses that compet…
From archaic Greece to the Roman Empire, the remains of comic and satyric performances reveal a range of literary, aesthetic, historical, religious, and geographical connections. This book analyzes the details of this interplay diachronically, showing that comedy and satyr plays…
The notion of 'self' and 'other' and its representation in artwork and literature is an important theme in current cultural sciences as well as in our everyday life in contemporary Western societies. Moreover, the concept of 'self' and 'other' and its imaginary dichotomy is gain…
Biographical note: Claudia Simone Dorchain and Felice Naomi Wonnenberg, Kollegium Jüdische Studien, Humboldt University, Berlin.
