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Barbarian play : Plautus' Roman comedy /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, William S. (William Scovil), 1927-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Plautus, Titus Maccius > Criticism and interpretation.
Latin drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Latin drama (Comedy) > Greek influences.
Greece > In literature.
Rome > In literature.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781442671171
1442671173
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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