{"product_id":"9781118605042","title":"The Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy, 3 Volume Set","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Greek Comedy, 3 Volume Set\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable online or as a 3-volume print set, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Greek Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive and accessible reference covering all of Greek comedy and its reception from antiquity to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the work of nearly 200 established and rising scholars from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains more than 1300 entries, organized in A-Z format, with helpful cross-references and an index of authors and plays\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides extensive and detailed coverage of the work of those dramatists who have no complete plays extant\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores a wide range of topics, including the varieties and phases of the genre; the authors and their major plays; composition and technique; the relationship between comedy and society; the preservation and transmission of comic texts; responses to Greek comedy by artists from Plato to Picasso and beyond; and modern methods of literary analysis and criticism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan H. Sommerstein\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham, where he taught for forty years. He is one of the foremost scholars working on Greek drama today and has written extensively on Greek drama, the oath in Greek society, and various related subjects. He has edited and translated more than 100 complete or fragmentary plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Menander. He has written and edited more than 40 books, including \u003ci\u003eOaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eMenander in Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eOath and State in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eAeschylean Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eThe Tangled Ways of Zeus and Other Studies In and Around Greek Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eTalking about Laughter and Other Studies in Greek Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eGreek Drama and Dramatists\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 June 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118605042\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1184\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e98.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379063124108,"sku":"9781118605042","price":629.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118605042_8a3b27a5-d49c-4024-aee3-d3b99317881a.jpg?v=1780103336","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118605042","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}