Cambridge Companion to Roman Comedy

About the author

Martin T. Dinter is Senior Lecturer in Latin Language and Literature at King's College London. He is author of Anatomizing Civil War: Studies in Lucan's Epic Technique (2013) and co-editor of A Companion to the Neronian Age (2013) as well as three volumes on Roman declamation: Reading Roman Declaration: The Declamations Ascribed to Quintilian (2016), Reading Roman Declaration: Calpurnius Flaccus (2017) and Reading Roman Declaration: Seneca the Elder (forthcoming). He has written articles on Roman drama, Roman epic and epigram, and is currently working on a book on Cato the Elder.

Summary

Roman comedy has been a model for writers and artists ranging from Shakespeare to Martin Luther and from Molière to Cole Porter. This volume supplies a comprehensive critical introduction to Roman comedy and its reception presented by leading international scholars in more than twenty accessible and up-to-date chapters written by leading scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Martin T. Dinter
• Assisted by: Martin T Dinter (Editor), Dinter Martin T. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2019
• EAN: 9780521173889
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17388-9
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge companion
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Latin, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights