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Barbarian Play: Plautus’ Roman Comedy

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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.

Author(s): William S. Anderson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 1993

Language: English
Pages: 0
Tags: Latin drama (Comedy) -- Greek influences;Latin drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism

Frontmatter......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
1. Plautus and the Deconstruction of Menander......Page 11
2. si amicus Diphilo aut Philemoni es: Plautus’ Exploitation of Other Writers and Features of the Greek Comic Tradition......Page 40
3. Plautus’ Plotting: The Lover Upstaged......Page 70
4. Heroic Badness (malitia): Plautus’ Characters and Themes......Page 98
5. Words, Numbers, Movement: Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language, Metre, and Staging......Page 117
6. Plautus and His Audience: The Roman Connection......Page 143
Notes......Page 163
Bibliography......Page 181
Index......Page 189