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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Titus Maccius Plautus; Titus Maccius Plautus |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: | McCarthy, Kathleen. |
ISBN: | 1282087142 9781282087149 9786612087141 6612087145 1400824702 9781400824700 |
OCLC Number: | 824153364 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
Contents: | Preface; Abbreviations and Conventions; CHAPTER I: The Crowded House; CHAPTER II: The Ties That Bind: Menaechmi; CHAPTER III: Love's Labour's Lost: Casina; CHAPTER IV: A Kind of Wild Justice: Persa; CHAPTER V: Truth Is the Best Disguise: Captivi; CONCLUSION: The Slave's Image in the Master's Mind; Works Cited; Index of Plautine Passages; General Index |
Abstract:
What pleasures did Plautus' heroic tricksters provide their original audience? How should we understand the compelling mix of rebellion and social conservatism that Plautus offers? Through a close reading of four plays representing the full range of his w.
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- Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Criticism and interpretation.
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- Slavery in literature.
- Plautus, Titus Maccius.
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