LEADER 04939nam 22008895 450 001 9910808317603321 005 20210114064334.0 010 $a1-282-08714-2 010 $a9786612087141 010 $a1-4008-2470-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824700 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773394 035 $a(EBL)445511 035 $a(OCoLC)551426333 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11985398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10933819 035 $a(PQKB)11613097 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071542 035 $a(DE-B1597)446226 035 $a(OCoLC)979631546 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824700 035 $z(PPN)199244413 035 $a(PPN)18794959X 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88838011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445511 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773394 100 $a20190708d2009 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlaves, Masters, and the Art of Authority in Plautine Comedy /$fKathleen McCarthy 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ : $cPrinceton University Press, $d[2009] 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11785-3 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations and Conventions -- $tChapter I. The Crowded House -- $tChapter II. The Ties That Bind: Menaechmi -- $tChapter III. Love's Labour's Lost: Casina -- $tChapter IV. A Kind of Wild Justice: Persa -- $tChapter V. Truth Is the Best Disguise: Captivi -- $tConclusion. The Slave's Image in the Master's Mind -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex of Plautine Passages -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aWhat pleasures did Plautus' heroic tricksters provide their original audience? How should we understand the compelling mix of rebellion and social conservatism that Plautus offers? Through a close reading of four plays representing the full range of his work (Menaechmi, Casina, Persa, and Captivi), Kathleen McCarthy develops an innovative model of Plautine comedy and its social effects. She concentrates on how the plays are shaped by the interaction of two comic modes: the socially conservative mode of naturalism and the potentially subversive mode of farce. It is precisely this balance of the naturalistic and the farcical that allows everyone in the audience--especially those well placed in the social hierarchy--to identify both with and against the rebel, to feel both the thrill of being a clever underdog and the complacency of being a securely ensconced authority figure. Basing her interpretation on the workings of farce and naturalism in Plautine comedy, McCarthy finds a way to understand the plays' patchwork literary style as well as their protean social effects. Beyond this, she raises important questions about popular literature and performance not only on ancient Roman stages but in cultures far from Plautus' Rome. How and why do people identify with the fictional figures of social subordinates? How do stock characters, happy endings, and other conventions operate? How does comedy simultaneously upset and uphold social hierarchies? Scholars interested in Plautine theater will be rewarded by the detailed analyses of the plays, while those more broadly interested in social and cultural history will find much that is useful in McCarthy's new way of grasping the elusive ideological effects of comedy. 606 $aAuthority in literature 606 $aAuthority in literature 606 $aComedy 606 $aComedy 606 $aLiterature and society - Rome 606 $aLiterature and society -- Rome 606 $aMaster and servant in literature 606 $aMaster and servant in literature 606 $aPlautus, Titus Maccius -- Criticism and interpretation 606 $aSlavery in literature 606 $aSlavery in literature 606 $aLanguages & Literatures$2HILCC 606 $aGreek & Latin Languages & Literatures$2HILCC 615 4$aAuthority in literature. 615 4$aAuthority in literature. 615 4$aComedy. 615 4$aComedy. 615 4$aLiterature and society - Rome. 615 4$aLiterature and society -- Rome. 615 4$aMaster and servant in literature. 615 4$aMaster and servant in literature. 615 4$aPlautus, Titus Maccius -- Criticism and interpretation. 615 4$aSlavery in literature. 615 4$aSlavery in literature. 615 7$aLanguages & Literatures 615 7$aGreek & Latin Languages & Literatures 676 $a872.01 700 $aMcCarthy$b Kathleen, $01677561 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808317603321 996 $aSlaves, Masters, and the Art of Authority in Plautine Comedy$94044546 997 $aUNINA