Plautus: Menaechmi

by Plautus

2020-12-29 08:36:21

Plautus'' comedy Menaechmi was the main inspiration for Shakespeare''s The Comedy of Errors. In this edition Dr. Gratwick provides a newly constituted text, a commentary for students giving help with language and context, and an introduction that sh... Read more
Plautus'' comedy Menaechmi was the main inspiration for Shakespeare''s The Comedy of Errors. In this edition Dr. Gratwick provides a newly constituted text, a commentary for students giving help with language and context, and an introduction that sheds new light on the interpretation of the play and on Plautus'' place in the development of European comedy. Central to Dr. Gratwick''s treatment is an analysis of the various meters employed by Plautus, which challenges many conventional views but also offers the student practical assistance with the technical problems involved. Less

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File size7.99 X 5 X 0.63 in
Print pages288
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date June 3, 1993
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521349703
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Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 – 184 BC), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest works in Latin literature to have survived in their ...

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