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OverviewAn important addition to contemporary scholarship on Plautus and Plautine comedy, provides new essays and fresh insights from leading scholars A Companion to Plautus is a collection of original essays on the celebrated Old Latin period playwright. A brilliant comic poet, Plautus moved beyond writing Latin versions of Greek plays to create a uniquely Roman cultural experience worthy of contemporary scholarship. Contributions by a team of international scholars explore the theatrical background of Roman comedy, the theory and practice of Plautus’ dramatic composition, the relation of Plautus’ works to Roman social history, and his influence on later dramatists through the centuries. Responding to renewed modern interest in Plautine studies, the Companion reassesses Plautus’ works—plays that are meant to be viewed and experienced—to reveal new meaning and contemporary relevance. Chapters organized thematically offer multiple perspectives on individual plays and enable readers to gain a deeper understanding of Plautus’ reflection of, and influence on Roman society. Topics include metatheater and improvisation in Plautus, the textual tradition of Plautus, trends in Plautus Translation, and modern reception in theater and movies. Exploring the place of Plautus and Plautine comedy in the Western comic tradition, the Companion: Addresses the most recent trends in the study of Roman comedy Features discussions on religion, imperialism, slavery, war, class, gender, and sexuality in Plautus’ work Highlights recent scholarship on representation of socially vulnerable characters Discusses Plautus’ work in relation to Roman stages, actors, audience, and culture Examines the plot construction, characterization, and comic techniques in Plautus’ scripts Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World series, A Companion to Plautus is an important resource for scholars, instructors, and students of both ancient and modern drama, comparative literature, classics, and history, particularly Roman history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dorota Dutsch (University of California, Santa Barbara) , George Fredric Franko (Hollins University)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 1.089kg ISBN: 9781118957981ISBN 10: 1118957989 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 25 June 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Acknowledgement xv Introduction: A 2020 Vision of Plautus 1 George Fredric Franko and Dorota Dutsch 1 The State of Roman Theater, c. 200 BCE 17 Timothy J. Moore 2 Plautus and Greek Drama 31 Sebastiana Nervegna 3 Stages and Stagecraft 47 Anne H. Groton 4 Actors and Audience 61 Isabella Tardin Cardoso 5 Nouo Modo Nouom Aliquid Inuentum: Plautine Priorities 77 David Christenson 6 Plays of Mistaken Identity 93 Costas Panayotakis 7 Plautus and the Marriage Plot 109 Sharon L. James 8 Stock Characters and Stereotypes 123 Shawn O’Bryhim 9 The Servus Callidus in Charge: Plays of Deception 135 Ferdinand Stürner 10 To Hell and Back: Comedy, Cult, and the House of the Meretrix 151 Catherine Connors 11 The Wife in Charge, the Husband Humiliated: Stock Characters in Evolution 165 Barbara K. Gold 12 Archetypal Character Studies: Masculinity and Power 179 Anne Feltovich 13 Plotting the Romance: Plautus’ Rudens, Cistellaria, and Poenulus 193 Stavros Frangoulidis 14 Tragicomedy and Paratragedy: Plautus’s Amphitruo, Captivi, and Rudens 207 Walter Stockert 15 The Language of Plautus 221 Peter Barrios‐Lech 16 Metatheater and Improvisation in Plautus 237 Christopher Bungard 17 Music and Meter in Plautus 251 T.H.M. Gellar‐Goad 18 Comic Technique in Plautus’s Asinaria and Casina 269 Martin T. Dinter 19 Plautus and the Topography of His World 287 Sophia Papaioannou 20 Warfare and Imperialism in and Around Plautus 301 Paul J. Burton 21 Religion in and Around Plautus 317 Seth A. Jeppesen 22 Gender and Sexuality in Plautus 331 Serena S. Witzke 23 Owners and Slaves in and Around Plautus 347 Amy Richlin 24 Slave Labor in Plautus 361 Roberta Stewart 25 Plautus and His Dramatic Successors in the Republican Period 379 Gesine Manuwald 26 Alii Rhetorica Tongent: Plautus and Public Speech 393 Emilia A. Barbiero 27 The Textual Tradition of Plautus 407 Rolando Ferri 28 The Medieval Reception of Plautus’s Aulularia: Querolus and Vitalis Blesensis 419 Antony Augoustakis 29 From Ferrara to Venice: Plautus in Vernacular and Early Italian Comedy (1486–1530) 429 Gianni Guastella 30 Plautus in Early Modern England 445 George Fredric Franko 31 Reception Today: Theater and Movies 461 Rodrigo T. Goncalves 32 Trends in Plautus Translation 473 James Tatum Index 489 Index Locorum Plautinorum 495ReviewsAuthor InformationGeorge Fredric Franko is Professor of Classical Studies at Hollins University, where he holds the Berry Professorship in Liberal Arts. He has published on a variety of topics and has directed productions of Plautus in Latin. Dorota Dutsch is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a PhD from McGill University. Her interests include Roman comedy, classical reception, and gender studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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