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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Barrenechea, Francisco
Titre(s) : Comedy and religion in classical Athens [Texte imprimé] : narratives of religious experiences in Aristophanes' Wealth / Francisco Barrenechea
Publication : Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,, 2018
Description matérielle : xii, 201 pages ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
This book opens up a new perspective on Aristophanic drama and its relationship to
Greek religion. It focuses on the comedy Wealth, whose fantasy of universal enrichment
is structured upon a rich and largely unexplored framework of traditional stories
of Greek religious experiences, such as oracles, miracle cures, and the introduction
of new gods. The book examines the form and function of these stories, and explores
how the playwright adapts them for his own comic purposes, grounding his comic fantasy
on stories of philanthropic divinities who dependably respond to the needs of their
worshippers. The collaboration of these deities, who act in tandem with their worshippers,
achieves the comic fantasy. Francisco Barrenechea also addresses the larger question
of how comedy participated in the religion of its time by imagining and dramatizing
beliefs, and reveals the salutary bond that can exist between humor and religion in
general
Sujet(s) : Aristophane (0445?-0386? av. J.-C.) -- Religion
Aristophane (0445?-0386? av. J.-C.). Ploutos
Indice(s) Dewey :
882.01 (23e éd.) = Poésie dramatique et théâtre grecs classique - Jusque vers 0499 [critique]
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107191167. - ISBN 1107191165. - ISBN 9781108129039 (erroné) (PDF ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb456011132
Notice n° :
FRBNF45601113
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Numinous wealth ; An Apollonian beginning ; A healing story ; A household shrine
; A new god arrives ; Conclusion: comic miracles.
