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Barbarian Play:Plautus' Roman Comedy
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English
Published/Copyright:
1996
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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.
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Anderson William :
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.
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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1. Plautus and the Deconstruction of Menander
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2. si-amicus Diphilo aut Philemoni es: Plautus’ Exploitation of Other Writers and Features of the Greek Comic Tradition
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3. Plautus’ Plotting: The Lover Upstaged
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4. Heroic Badness (malitia): Plautus’ Characters and Themes
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5. Words, Numbers, Movement: Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language, Metre, and Staging
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6. Plautus and His Audience: The Roman Connection
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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October 16, 1996
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9781442671171
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194
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9781442671171
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
