Slaves, Masters, and the Art of Authority in Plautine Comedy
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Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveslavesmastersart00mcca
- ISBN-100691117853
- ISBN-139780691117850
- Goodreads1556927
- LibraryThing917137
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- OCLC Control Number53871582
- Better World Books9780691117850
- Open LibraryOL7758822M
Classifications
- LCCPA6585.M38 2004
- LCCPA6585 .M38 2004
- DDC872/.01
and 1 more
- LCCPA6585 .M38 2000
Description
"Through a close reading of four plays representing the full range of his work (Menaechmi, Casina, Persa, and Captivi), Kathleen McCarthy develops an innovative model of Plautine comedy and its social effects. She concentrates on how the plays are shaped by the interaction of two comic modes: the socially conservative mode of naturalism and the potentially subversive mode of farce. It is precisely this balance of the naturalistic and the farcical that allows everyone in the audience - especially those well placed in the social hierarchy - to identify both with and against the rebel, to feel both the thrill of being a clever underdog and the complacency of being a securely ensconced authority figure." "Basing her interpretation on the workings of farce and naturalism in Plautine comedy, McCarthy finds a way to understand the plays' patchwork literary style as well as their protean social effects."--Jacket.
First Sentence
PLAUTUS is a poet whose house is open to a bewildering variety of guests.
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