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Plautus Curculio
Author | : T. H. M. Gellar-Goad |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2021-01-14 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781350079755 |
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This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy brown-nosed title character (“The Weevil”) bamboozles a shady banker and a pious pimp to secure the freedom of the enslaved girl his patron has fallen for while keeping her out of the clutches of a megalomaniacal soldier. It all takes place in the Greek city Epidaurus, the most important site for the worship of the healing god Aesculapius, an unusual setting for an ancient comedy. But a mid-play monologue by the stage manager shows us where the action really is: in the real-life Roman Forum, in the lives and low-lifes of the audience. This study explores the world of Curculio and the world of Plautus, with special attention to how the play was originally performed (including the first-ever comprehensive musical analysis of the play), the play's plots and themes, and its connections to ancient Roman cultural practices of love, sex, religion, food, and class. Plautus: Curculio also offers the first performance and reception history of the play: how it has survived through more than two millennia and its appearances in the modern world.
Plautus Curculio
Author | : T. H. M. Gellar-Goad |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2021-01-14 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781350079762 |
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This is the first book-length study of Plautus' shortest surviving comedy, Curculio, a play in which the tricksy brown-nosed title character (“The Weevil”) bamboozles a shady banker and a pious pimp to secure the freedom of the enslaved girl his patron has fallen for while keeping her out of the clutches of a megalomaniacal soldier. It all takes place in the Greek city Epidaurus, the most important site for the worship of the healing god Aesculapius, an unusual setting for an ancient comedy. But a mid-play monologue by the stage manager shows us where the action really is: in the real-life Roman Forum, in the lives and low-lifes of the audience. This study explores the world of Curculio and the world of Plautus, with special attention to how the play was originally performed (including the first-ever comprehensive musical analysis of the play), the play's plots and themes, and its connections to ancient Roman cultural practices of love, sex, religion, food, and class. Plautus: Curculio also offers the first performance and reception history of the play: how it has survived through more than two millennia and its appearances in the modern world.
Plautus Curculio
Author | : Titus Maccius Plautus |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : UOM:39015007018818 |
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The Facts on File Companion to Classical Drama
Author | : John E. Thorburn |
Publsiher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 689 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780816074983 |
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Surveys important Greek and Roman authors, plays, characters, genres, historical figures and more.
Plautus in Performance
Author | : Niall W. Slater |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9057550377 |
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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Roman Drama and its Contexts
Author | : Stavros Frangoulidis,Stephen J. Harrison,Gesine Manuwald |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 637 |
Release | : 2016-03-21 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9783110456509 |
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This volume takes a new approach to Roman drama by looking at comic and tragic plays from the Republican and imperial periods in ‘context’. By presenting a number of case studies and considerations of wider issues, the 33 international contributors explore the role of Roman drama in contexts such as the literary tradition, the relationship to works in other literary genres, the historical and social situation or the intellectual background.
A Companion to Plautus
Author | : Dorota Dutsch,George Fredric Franko |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2020-03-24 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781118957981 |
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An important addition to contemporary scholarship on Plautus and Plautine comedy, provides new essays and fresh insights from leading scholars A Companion to Plautus is a collection of original essays on the celebrated Old Latin period playwright. A brilliant comic poet, Plautus moved beyond writing Latin versions of Greek plays to create a uniquely Roman cultural experience worthy of contemporary scholarship. Contributions by a team of international scholars explore the theatrical background of Roman comedy, the theory and practice of Plautus’ dramatic composition, the relation of Plautus’ works to Roman social history, and his influence on later dramatists through the centuries. Responding to renewed modern interest in Plautine studies, the Companion reassesses Plautus’ works—plays that are meant to be viewed and experienced—to reveal new meaning and contemporary relevance. Chapters organized thematically offer multiple perspectives on individual plays and enable readers to gain a deeper understanding of Plautus’ reflection of, and influence on Roman society. Topics include metatheater and improvisation in Plautus, the textual tradition of Plautus, trends in Plautus Translation, and modern reception in theater and movies. Exploring the place of Plautus and Plautine comedy in the Western comic tradition, the Companion: Addresses the most recent trends in the study of Roman comedy Features discussions on religion, imperialism, slavery, war, class, gender, and sexuality in Plautus’ work Highlights recent scholarship on representation of socially vulnerable characters Discusses Plautus’ work in relation to Roman stages, actors, audience, and culture Examines the plot construction, characterization, and comic techniques in Plautus’ scripts Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series, A Companion to Plautus is an important resource for scholars, instructors, and students of both ancient and modern drama, comparative literature, classics, and history, particularly Roman history.
Barbarian Play Plautus Roman Comedy
Author | : William S. Anderson |
Publsiher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1996-10-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781442654297 |
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In this volume William S. Anderson sets Plautus, who wrote Rome's earliest surviving poetry, in his rightful place among the Greek and Roman writers of what we know as New Comedy (fourth to second centuries). Anderson begins by defining major innovations that Plautus made on inherited Greek New Comedy (Menander, Philemon, and Diphilus), transforming it from romantic domestic drama to a celebration of rollicking family anarchy. He shows how Plautus diminished the traditional importance of love and replaced it with a new major theme: 'heroic badness,' especially embodied in the rogue slave (ancestor of the impudent servant, valet, or maid). Anderson then examines the unique verbal texture of Plautus' drama and demonstrates his revolt against realism, his drive to have his characters defy everyday circumstances and pit their intrepid linguistic wit against social order, their Roman extravagant impudence against Greek self-control. Finally, 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.