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The Nature of Roman Comedy: A Study in Popular Entertainment

by: Duckworth, G.E.

Price: 78,00 EURO

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Category: Latin Texts / Roman Philology
Code: 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1952
Publication Place: New Jersey
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 501
Book Condition: Very good

This book provides the most complete and definitive study of Roman comedy


Preface
Early Italian popular comedy
Greek comedy
The golden age of drama at Rome
Presentation and staging
Stage conventions and techniques
Theme and treatment
Methods of composition
Foreshadowing and suspense
Characters and characterization
Thought and moral tone
The comic spirit in character and situation
Language and style
Meter and song
The originality of Roman comedy : a recapitulation
The influence of Plautus and Terence upon English comedy
Appendix. A note on the manuscripts and editions of Plautus and Terence


Subjects:
Comédie latine Histoire et critique
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Culture populaire Rome
History
LITERARY CRITICISM General
Latin drama (Comedy)
Latin drama (Comedy) History and criticism
Literature
Popular culture
Popular culture Rome
Rome (Empire)
Rome In literature
Theater
Theater History To 500
Theater Rome
Théâtre Histoire Jusqu'à 500
Théâtre Rome
To 500

 

 
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The Nature of Roman Comedy: A Study in Popular Entertainment

by: Duckworth, G.E.

  • Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1952

Price: 78,00 EURO

1 copy in stock