About the Author

James Robson is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, and the author of "Humour, Obscenity and Aristophanes" (2006).

Reviews

"... enters a market already occupied
by earlier books with the same goal... but in
many ways this book may be the best of the group in exposing students to a
balanced treatment of the critical issues that have come to dominate the study
of this author over the last three decades." --IJCT "R.'s [Robson's] is a valuable addition to available introductions to Aristophanic comedy. Its thematic arrangement poses challenges for incorporating it into a course organised around reading the plays themselves, but students and other relative newcomers to this dramatic genre will undoubtedly acquire a refined sense for what is distinctive about Aristophanic comedy." --The Classical Review