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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790053303321

Autore

Manuwald Gesine

Titolo

Roman republican theatre / / Gesine Manuwald [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-139-03640-8

1-107-22252-4

1-283-12717-2

9786613127174

1-139-04186-X

0-511-92086-5

1-139-04264-5

1-139-03872-9

1-139-04527-X

1-139-04109-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 390 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

LCO003000

Disciplina

872/.0109

Soggetti

Latin drama - History and criticism

Theater - Rome

Theater - History - To 500

Literature and history - Rome

Rome History Republic, 510-30 B.C

Rome Historiography

Rome In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Previous scholarship and the present approach -- pt. 1. The Cultural and Institutional Background. 1, The evolution of Roman drama. 2, Production and reception -- pt. 2. Dramatic Poetry. 3, Dramatic genres. 4, Dramatic poets. 5, Dramatic themes and techniques -- Overview and conclusions: Republican drama.

Sommario/riassunto

Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of



Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus and Terence the sources are fragmentary and difficult to interpret and contextualise. This book provides a comprehensive history of all aspects of the topic, incorporating recent findings and modern approaches. It discusses the origins of Roman drama and the historical, social and institutional backgrounds of all the dramatic genres to be found during the Republic (tragedy, praetexta, comedy, togata, Atellana, mime and pantomime). Possible general characteristics are identified, and attention is paid to the nature of and developments in the various genres. The clear structure and full bibliography also ensure that the book has value as a source of reference for all upper-level students and scholars of Latin literature and ancient drama.