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

• Autore: Anderson William S.
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993; ©1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 872.01
• Soggetto topico: Latin drama (Comedy) - Greek influences; Latin drama (Comedy) - History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
• Soggetto geografico: Rome (Empire); Greece; Rome In literature; Greece In literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Barbarian play
• ISBN: 1-4426-5429-5; 1-281-99756-0; 9786611997564; 1-4426-7117-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780419703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Robson classical lectures.