Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence
This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of "New Comedy," the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only surviving example. It looks at the quiet domestic dramas of Menander, the farces of Plautus, and the comedies of Terence. An authoritative Introduction sets the papers, which are by leading experts in their field, in context and explores connections between them thus examining the legacy for modern comedies. All Latin and Greek is translated.
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Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence
This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of "New Comedy," the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only surviving example. It looks at the quiet domestic dramas of Menander, the farces of Plautus, and the comedies of Terence. An authoritative Introduction sets the papers, which are by leading experts in their field, in context and explores connections between them thus examining the legacy for modern comedies. All Latin and Greek is translated.
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Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence

Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence

Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence

Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence

Overview

This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of "New Comedy," the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only surviving example. It looks at the quiet domestic dramas of Menander, the farces of Plautus, and the comedies of Terence. An authoritative Introduction sets the papers, which are by leading experts in their field, in context and explores connections between them thus examining the legacy for modern comedies. All Latin and Greek is translated.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198721925
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/23/2002
Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford

Table of Contents

Introduction, Erich SegalI. Greek Antecedents1. Euripidean Comedy, Bernard KnoxII. Menander2. The Conventions of the Comic Stage and Their Exploitation By Menander, E. W. Handley3. Marriage and Prostitution in Classical New Comedy, David Wiles4. Love and Marriage in Greek New Comedy, P. G. McC. Brown5. Tragic Space and Comic Timing in Menander's Dyskolos, N. J. LoweIII. Plautus6. Plautus and the Public Stage, Erich Gruen7. Traditions of Theatrical Improvisation in Plautus: Some Considerations, Gregor Vogt-Spira8. Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language, W. S. Anderson9. The Menaechmi: Roman Comedy of Errors, Erich Segal10. Crucially Funny, or Tranio on the Couch: The Servus Callidus and Jokes About Torture, Holt Parker11. Aulularia: City-State and Individual, D. Konstan12. The Art of Deceit: Pseudolus and the Nature of Reading, A. R. Sharrock13. The Theatre of Plautus: Playing to the Audience, Timothy J. Moore14. The Theatrical Significance of Duplication in Plautus' Amphitruo, Florence Dupont15. Amphitruo, Bacchae, and Metatheatre, Niall SlaterIV. Terence16. The Originality of Terence and His Greek Models, Walther Ludwig17. The Dramatic Balance of Terence's Andria, Sander M. Goldberg18. Terence's Hecyra: A Delicate Balance of Suspense and Dramatic Irony, Dwora Gilula19. Problems of Adaptation in the Eunuchus of Terence, J. A. Barsby20. The Intrigue of Terence's Self-Tormentor, J. C. B. Lowe21. Phormio parasitus: A Study in Dramatic Methods of Characterization, W. Geoffrey Arnott
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