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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Pr
Publication date
July 30, 2007
Pages
183
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780773454392
ISBN-10
077345439X
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
Original list price
$109.95
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book follows the progress of the Greek parasite figure through his various interpretations by different poets as evidenced in the remaining fragments. On the Roman stage of Plautus, the parasite became a key comic figure in proceedings, later replaced by the wily slave. In medieval comedy, he can be seen as the vice of morality plays; in mummers' plays, he emerged as a type in early Tudor theatre; on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, the chancing rascal was a frequent feature, most notably Falstaff; throughout the Restoration, dissipated gallants and workshy fops became well-established characters and their behavior reached the outer limits of the bawdy; in 18th century sentimental comedy, a modified fascination with such roguery, ageing dandyism and peripheral scavengers remained. It is suitable for rogues, idlers, skivers, flatterers and the work-shy: all chisellers.
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from Edwin Mellen Pr (July 30, 2007)
9780773454392 | details & prices | 183 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $109.95
About: This book follows the progress of the Greek parasite figure through his various interpretations by different poets as evidenced in the remaining fragments.
About: This book follows the progress of the Greek parasite figure through his various interpretations by different poets as evidenced in the remaining fragments.
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