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Laughing awry : Plautus and tragicomedy / Erik Gunderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunderson, Erik, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plautus, Titus Maccius--Criticism and interpretation.
- Plautus, Titus Maccius.
- Latin drama--History and criticism.
- Latin drama.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- 'Laughing Awry' offers a comprehensive overview of key themes in the interpretation of the plays of Plautus, and explores the connections between deception, desire, slavery, genre, and audience. It attempts to offer an account of the mechanisms of Plautus' humour and the uncomfortable origins of laughter.
- Contents:
- I clowns
- Forget Plautus
- Giving words
- Object lessons
- Lepide Ludificatus
- Surplus enjoyment
- The last laugh
- Curtain call.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 28, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-179622-0
- OCLC:
- 910605724
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