Plautus in Performance: The Theatre of the Mind

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Psychology Press, 2000 - 215 páginas

Plautus was Ancient Rome's greatest comic playwright, Shakespeare drew heavily on his plots, and his legacy is prevalent throughout modern drama. In this expanded edition of his successful book, one of America's foremost Classical scholars introduces performance criticism to the study of Plautus' ancient drama. In addition to the original detailed studies of six of the dramatists's plays, the methodology of performance criticism, the use of conventions, and the nature of comic heroism in Plautus, this edition includes new studies on:
* the induction into the world of the play
* the scripted imitation of improvisation
* Plautus's comments on his previous work
* the nature of 'tragicomedy'.

 

Contenido

II
3
V
57
VI
77
Words Words Words
97
Convention and Reaction
121
IX
139
Appendix I
149
121
158
Appendix III
175
Appendix IV
181
Index Locorum
207
Index Nominum et Rerum
213
Derechos de autor

Términos y frases comunes

Acerca del autor (2000)

Niall W. Slater is Professor of Classics at Emory University.

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