Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
T. Macci Plauti Trinummus. With notes critical and exegetical by W. Wagner
Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
T. Macci Plauti Trinummus with notes by W. Wagner
Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
T. Macci Plauti Trinummus. With Notes Critical and Exegetical
Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385394538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385394538
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
T. Macci Plauti Trinummus
Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Plautus: Trinummus
Author: Seth A. Jeppesen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350126799
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
In this first introduction to Plautus' Trinummus, students and non-specialists alike are guided through the themes, context, and enduring humor of this Roman comedy. The play portrays the story of an elaborate game of keep-away involving a hidden treasure, a hot-blooded spendthrift youth, his pious sister, her would-be fiancee, a con-artist, and the most unlikely of comic schemers-a group of overly pious old men. The conflict of the plot focuses on whether a pair of old men can help their absent friend Charmides by getting a dowry to his daughter without Charmides' wastrel son Lesbonicus first spending the money on the usual comic debauchery. The money is taken from a treasure hidden by Charmides when he left and a sycophant is hired to pretend to bring letters from Charmides along with the cash for the dowry. Comic confusion ensues when Charmides returns from abroad just in time to intercept the con-artist and overturn the scheming of his friends. Long neglected, Trinummus is one of many Plautine plays that is experiencing a resurgence. This volume elucidates the humor of the play, which is largely based on parody and clever inversions of typical characters and situations from Roman comedy. This discussion is accompanied by an examination of the religious, social, and historical context of the play, as well as its modern reception. The genuine humor of Trinummus has something to say to modern readers, as it showcases how parody can skewer those engaged in pompous moral posturing and presents readers with a playwright who astutely views issues of imperialism and moral justification through a comic lens.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350126799
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
In this first introduction to Plautus' Trinummus, students and non-specialists alike are guided through the themes, context, and enduring humor of this Roman comedy. The play portrays the story of an elaborate game of keep-away involving a hidden treasure, a hot-blooded spendthrift youth, his pious sister, her would-be fiancee, a con-artist, and the most unlikely of comic schemers-a group of overly pious old men. The conflict of the plot focuses on whether a pair of old men can help their absent friend Charmides by getting a dowry to his daughter without Charmides' wastrel son Lesbonicus first spending the money on the usual comic debauchery. The money is taken from a treasure hidden by Charmides when he left and a sycophant is hired to pretend to bring letters from Charmides along with the cash for the dowry. Comic confusion ensues when Charmides returns from abroad just in time to intercept the con-artist and overturn the scheming of his friends. Long neglected, Trinummus is one of many Plautine plays that is experiencing a resurgence. This volume elucidates the humor of the play, which is largely based on parody and clever inversions of typical characters and situations from Roman comedy. This discussion is accompanied by an examination of the religious, social, and historical context of the play, as well as its modern reception. The genuine humor of Trinummus has something to say to modern readers, as it showcases how parody can skewer those engaged in pompous moral posturing and presents readers with a playwright who astutely views issues of imperialism and moral justification through a comic lens.
T. Macci Plauti Avlvlaria
Author: Titus Maccius Plautus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Catalogue of the General Assembly Library of New Zealand
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
“The” Spectator
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description