Charles Platter is a professor of classics at the University of Georgia.

Platter's book is a meticulously researched and philologically sound study of specific plays, performed by a skilled classicist... it engages with the nuances of Bakhtinian theory in a lucidly sophisticated manner. -- David Larmour Russian Review 2007 Taking its lead from the work of Bakhtin, Platter's challenging and thought-provoking book represents a full-blooded attempt to look at Aristophanic comedy through a 'carnival' lens. -- James Robson Classical Review 2008 Carnival of Genres is important because it validates the ambiguity in Aristophanes, but also because it reveals the problem with valuing ambiguity for its own sake. -- Stephanie Nelson Arion 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Bakhtin, Aristophanes, and the Carnival of Genres1. Dikaiopolis on Modern Art2. The Failed Programs of Clouds3. Clouds on Clouds and the Aspirations of Wasps4. Questioning Authority: Homer and Oracular Speech5. The Return of Telephus: Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, and the Dialogic BackgroundConclusion: The Centrifugal StyleNotesBibliographyIndex

Charles Platter is a professor of classics at the University of Georgia.

Platter's book is a meticulously researched and philologically sound study of specific plays, performed by a skilled classicist... it engages with the nuances of Bakhtinian theory in a lucidly sophisticated manner. -- David Larmour Russian Review 2007 Taking its lead from the work of Bakhtin, Platter's challenging and thought-provoking book represents a full-blooded attempt to look at Aristophanic comedy through a 'carnival' lens. -- James Robson Classical Review 2008 Carnival of Genres is important because it validates the ambiguity in Aristophanes, but also because it reveals the problem with valuing ambiguity for its own sake. -- Stephanie Nelson Arion 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Bakhtin, Aristophanes, and the Carnival of Genres1. Dikaiopolis on Modern Art2. The Failed Programs of Clouds3. Clouds on Clouds and the Aspirations of Wasps4. Questioning Authority: Homer and Oracular Speech5. The Return of Telephus: Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, and the Dialogic BackgroundConclusion: The Centrifugal StyleNotesBibliographyIndex

Charles Platter is a professor of classics at the University of Georgia.

Platter's book is a meticulously researched and philologically sound study of specific plays, performed by a skilled classicist... it engages with the nuances of Bakhtinian theory in a lucidly sophisticated manner. -- David Larmour Russian Review 2007 Taking its lead from the work of Bakhtin, Platter's challenging and thought-provoking book represents a full-blooded attempt to look at Aristophanic comedy through a 'carnival' lens. -- James Robson Classical Review 2008 Carnival of Genres is important because it validates the ambiguity in Aristophanes, but also because it reveals the problem with valuing ambiguity for its own sake. -- Stephanie Nelson Arion 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Bakhtin, Aristophanes, and the Carnival of Genres1. Dikaiopolis on Modern Art2. The Failed Programs of Clouds3. Clouds on Clouds and the Aspirations of Wasps4. Questioning Authority: Homer and Oracular Speech5. The Return of Telephus: Acharnians, Thesmophoriazusae, and the Dialogic BackgroundConclusion: The Centrifugal StyleNotesBibliographyIndex