By Stephen E. Kidd

ISBN-10: 1107050154

ISBN-13: 9781107050150

ISBN-10: 1107674794

ISBN-13: 9781107674790

This publication examines the concept that of 'nonsense' in old Greek concept and makes use of it to discover the comedies of the 5th and fourth centuries BCE. If 'nonsense' (phluaria, lēros) is a kind of language felt to be unworthy of interpretation, it may well support to outline sure elements of comedy that experience proved tricky to know. no longer least is the recurrent belief that even supposing the comedian style might be significant (i.e. include political beliefs, ethical sentiments and aesthetic tastes), a few of it's only 'foolery' or 'fun'. yet what precisely is that this 'foolery', this a part of comedy which allegedly lies past the scope of significant interpretation? the answer's to be present in the concept that of 'nonsense': via interpreting the ways that comedy doesn't suggest, the genre's courting to critical that means (whether it's political, aesthetic, or ethical) will be considered in a clearer light.

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