Plautus' erudite comedy
Subtitle: new insights into the work of a doctus poeta
By: edited by Sophia Papioannou and Chrysanthi Demetriou
Series: Pierides -- volume IX; Pierides -- v. 9.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781527545663
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Latin drama (Comedy); History and criticism
Description: Alexandrianism was among the trends that defined the formation of Roman literature across genres since the early decades of Roman literary history. This volume introduces a collection of original essays that contribute to a developing appreciation of the comedy of Plautus, the leading representative of Roman comedy, as a multi-faceted text that engages in a creative dialogue with various contemporary cultural and literary developments. The studies here, both individually and as parts of a longer, interactive discussion, offer a comprehensive examination of the first complete expression of the.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Adaptation and innovation. Menandrian comedy, Plautine dramaturgy and contamination / Sophia Papaioannou ; What's new? The possibilities of novelty in Plautus' Casina / Emilia A Barbiero; title: Part II. Ethnography. Theatergrams in Plautine comedy: the case of Hanno in Poenulus  / Peter Barrios-Lech ; Munchausen in Rome: Plautine braggarts and Hellenistic storytelling / Ioannis M Konstantakos ; Plautus and Greekness / Gesine Manuwald; title: Part III. Philosophy, science, religion. Friends without benefits? Philosophical dimensions of Plautus' conception of friendship / Ruth R Caston ; Twins in Plautus: a dramatic motif in cultural context / Chrysanthi Demetriou ; Meaningful mispronunciations: religious parody in Plautus' Cistellaria 512-527 / Seth A Jeppesen; title: Part IV. Literary history. Before Pussy Riot: free speech and censorship in the age of Plautus / Michael Fontaine ; Plautus and the origins of Roman satire / Ariana Traill.