Laughing Awry
Subtitle: Plautus and Tragicomedy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 30, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780198729303
Description: 'Laughing Awry' offers a comprehensive overview of key themes in the interpretation of the plays of Plautus, and explores the connections between deception, desire, slavery, genre, and audience. It attempts to offer an account of the mechanisms of Plautus' humour and the uncomfortable origins of laughter.
Notes: Source title: Laughing Awry: Plautus and Tragicomedy