{"product_id":"three-plays-by-aristophanes-staging-women-paperback","title":"Three Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese three plays by the great comic playwright Aristophanes (c. 446-386 BCE), the well-known \u003cem\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/em\u003e, and the less familiar \u003cem\u003eWomen at the Thesmophoria and Assemblywomen\u003c\/em\u003e, are the earliest surviving portrayals of contemporary women in the European literary tradition. These plays provide a unique glimpse of women not only in their familiar domestic roles but also in relation to household and city, religion and government, war and peace, theater and festival, and, of course, to men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis freshly revised edition presents, for the first time in a single volume, all three plays in faithful modern translations that preserve intact Aristophanes' blunt and often obscene language, sparkling satire, political provocation, and beguiling fantasy. Alongside the translations are ample introductions and notes covering the politically engaged genre of Aristophanic comedy in general and issues of sex and gender in particular, which have been fully updated since the first edition in light of recent scholarship. An appendix contains fragments of lost plays of Aristophanes that also featured women, and an up-to-date bibliography provides guidance for further exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to their timeless humor and biting satire, the plays are unique and invaluable documents in the history of western sexuality and gender, and they offer strikingly prescient speculations about the social and political future of the female sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Maculate Muse: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eObscene Language in Attic Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e and a critical edition, with commentary, of Aristophanes' \u003cem\u003eLysistrata, \u003c\/em\u003e as well as numerous essays and articles on Aristophanes, Old Comedy and its social and historical background.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45341339156582,"sku":"9780415871310","price":101.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NlZvQzlhbGZLYkg1aXM1TStYMXJndz09.webp?v=1774831605","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/three-plays-by-aristophanes-staging-women-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}