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Praise for the First Edition: "An important, sound, scholarly contribution to our understanding of obscenity not only in Athenian culture generally, but especially as it is integral to the themes of ancient comic plays.This study breaks new ground and will have

Praise for the First Edition: "An important, sound, scholarly contribution to our understanding of obscenity not only in Athenian culture generally, but especially as it is integral to the themes of ancient comic plays.This study breaks new ground and will have wide appeal."--Library Journal"For the first time in the history of scholarship on Greek Old Comedy in general and on Aristophanes in particular we have in Henderson's book a comprehensive study of the obscenity which is so prominent a feature of Old Comedy, and his discussions will be welcomed by all interested in this aspect of it.A major contribution."--The Classical Journal"This thorough collection will be of great use to students of Aristophanes."--Times Literary Supplement"A most valuable instrument of study, for which we must be heartily grateful."--Cla

Jeffrey Henderson is at University of Southern California.

After contrasting the peculiar characteristics of the Greek notion of obscenity to modern-day ideas, Henderson discusses obscenity's role in the development of Attic Comedy, its historical origins, varieties, and dramatic function. The latter part of the book identifies all the obscene terminology found in the extant examples of Attic Comedy, both complete plays and fragments. Although these terminological entries are arranged in numbered paragraphs resembling a glossary, they can also be read as independent essays on the various aspects of comic obscenity. His analysis of obscene terminology sheds new light on Greek culture, and his discussion of Greek homosexuality offers a refreshing corrective to the idealized Platonic view. Terms are explained as they occur in each individual context and in relation to typologically similar terminology. He also looks in detail at the part obscenity plays in each of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays. The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy; no other Western art form relies so heavily on the sexual and scatological dimensions of language. This acclaimed book, now in a new edition, offers both a comprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself. With newly corrected and updated philological material, this second edition of Maculate Muse will serve as

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• Title : The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy
• Author : Jeffrey Henderson
• Rating : 4.91 (175 Vote)
• Publish : 2015-2-27
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 288 Pages
• Asin : 0195066855
• Language : English