Barbarian play : Plautus' Roman comedy / William S. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, William S. (William Scovil), 1927- author.

Series:

Robson classical lectures.

The Robson Classical Lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plautus, Titus Maccius--Criticism and interpretation.

Plautus, Titus Maccius.

Latin drama (Comedy)--Greek influences.

Latin drama (Comedy).

Latin drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Rome (Empire).

Greece.

Rome--In literature.

Rome.

Greece--In literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 22, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4426-5429-5

1-281-99756-0

9786611997564

1-4426-7117-3

OCLC:

944178497