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.

Info autore

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.

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William Anderson, William S. Anderson
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802079411
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7941-1
• Pagine: 277
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 280 g
• Serie: Heritage; Heritage
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie