Comic democracies from ancient Athens to the American republic [electronic resource] /Angus Fletcher.
By: Fletcher, Angus [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421419350; 1421419351.Subject(s): Democracy in literature | Democracy and the arts | Greek drama (Comedy) -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 882/.0109 Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: modern democracies and ancient demokratia -- The ancient history of comedy and demokratia -- Fortune favors the impetuous -- The virtu of imitation -- The pursuit of indolence -- Quixotic governance -- Amending ourselves -- Demokratia at Denshawai -- Conclusion: the futures of comic democracy.
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