Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Books for All
Author: Providence Public Library (R.I.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1876-1949: Non-Dewey decimal classified titles
Author: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of BibliographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2200
Book Description
Saturday Review of Literature
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
Plautus: Menaechmi
Author: V. Sophie KleinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350092754
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This new volume in the Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions series is perfect for students coming to one of Plautus' most whimsical, provocative, and influential plays for the first time, and a useful first point of reference for scholars less familiar with Roman comedy. Menaechmi is a tale of identical twin brothers who are separated as young children and reconnect as adults following a series of misadventures due to mistaken identity. A gluttonous parasite, manipulative courtesan, shrewish wife, crotchety father-in-law, bumbling cook, saucy handmaid, quack doctor, and band of thugs comprise the colourful cast of characters. Each encounter with a misidentified twin destabilizes the status quo and provides valuable insight into Roman domestic and social relationships. The book analyzes the power dynamics at play in the various relationships, especially between master and slave and husband and wife, in order to explore the meaning of freedom and the status of slaves and women in Roman culture and Roman comedy. These fundamental societal concerns gave Plautus' Menaechmi an enduring role in the classical tradition, which is also examined here, including notable adaptations by William Shakespeare, Jean François Regnard, Carlo Goldoni and Rodgers and Hart.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: Performing Arts Books, 1876-1981
Author: Publisher: New York : R.R. Bowker Company
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
The New Statesman
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
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