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.

About the author

William S. Anderson is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his other books are Essays on Roman Satire and Ovidius Metamorphoses.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: William Anderson, William S. Anderson
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802079411
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7941-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries