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Barbarian play : Plautus' Roman comedy /

Anderson explores the special form of metatheatre that we admire in Plautus, by which he undermines the assumptions of his Greek `models' and replaces them with a new, confident Roman comedy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, William S. (William Scovil), 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Colección:Robson classical lectures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Plautus and the Deconstruction of Menander
  • 2 si amicus Diphilo aut Philemoni es: Plautus' Exploitation of Other Writers and Features of the Greek Comic Tradition
  • 3 Plautus' Plotting: The Lover Upstaged
  • 4 Heroic Badness (malitia): Plautus' Characters and Themes
  • 5 Words, Numbers, Movement: Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language, Metre, and Staging
  • 6 Plautus and His Audience: The Roman Connection
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.