Parables on a Roman Comic Stage : Samarites - Comoedia de Samaritano Evangelico, 1539 by Petrus Papeus : Together with the commentary of Alexius Vanegas of Toledo, 1542 / Daniel Nodes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nodes, Daniel.

Venegas, Alejo, 1498 or 1499-1562, author of commentary.

Contributor:

Nodes, Daniel Joseph, 1951- editor, translator.

Series:

Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe 7.

Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--15th and 16th centuries.

Drama.

Jesus Christ--Parables--Drama.

Jesus Christ.

Papeus, Petrus, active 16th century--Translations into English.

Papeus, Petrus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2017.

Summary:

The Samarites by Petrus Papeus offers an effective blending of gospel narrative and ancient Roman comedy, combining manner of Plautus and Terence with the didacticism of medieval allegory and morality plays and the poetic diction of Renaissance humanism. In the Samarites they are the ingredients that present both moral and doctrinal teachings related to the gospel parables of the Prodigal Son and Good Samaritan. Papeus’ work is an excellent example not only of the early modern school play, but also of the shifting conceptions of drama in Europe at that time. Daniel Nodes presents a critical edition and translation of the play together with a humanist commentary produced in Toledo by Alexius Vanegas three years after the play’s first printing in Antwerp.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Papeus, Petrus, active 16th century. Samarites.

Papeus, Petrus, active 16th century. Samarites. English.

ISBN:

90-04-34019-X

OCLC:

986538160

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004340190 DOI