Costume in the Comedies of Aristophanes

Product description Review 'This book should be as invaluable for theater historians as for classicists. An illuminating and witty pleasure to read, it marks a great leap forward in our understanding of how costume makes meaning in comedy.' Niall W. Slater, The Classical Journal'… Compton-Engle has produced an important, thought-provoking work, badly missing from scholarship to date. Despite recent work in the field, comic costume remains still a mainly untrodden path, and this book will no doubt impel further discussion and scholarly debate. It is well-written and well-produced, and highly recommended to students and teachers, to specialists of comedy, and to those interested in gender and performance studies.' Natalia Tsoumpra, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Book Description This book offers an interpretation of the handling of costume in the plays of the fifth-century comic poet Aristophanes. About the Author Gwendolyn Compton-Engle is Associate Professor of Classics at John Carroll University. She has taught at Colgate University and St Olaf College. She has published several articles on Aristophanes, including one that was awarded the Gildersleeve Prize from the American Journal of Philology in 2003. Read more