UID:
edocfu_9959244538702883
Format:
1 online resource (195 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-5429-5
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1-281-99756-0
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9786611997564
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1-4426-7117-3
Series Statement:
The Robson Classical Lectures
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents --
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Foreword --
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Preface --
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Plautus and the Deconstruction of Menander --
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si amicus Diphilo aut Philemoni es: Plautus' Exploitation of Other Writers and Features of the Greek Comic Tradition --
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Plautus' Plotting: The Lover Upstaged --
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Heroic Badness (malitia): Plautus' Characters and Themes --
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Words, Numbers, Movement: Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language, Metre, and Staging --
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Plautus and His Audience: The Roman Connection --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8020-7941-5
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442671171
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