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Barbarian Play: Plautus' Roman Comedy Paperback - 1996

by William S. Anderson


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Anderson explores the special form of metatheatre that we admire in Plautus, by which he undermines the assumptions of his Greek 'models' and replaces them with a new, confident Roman comedy.

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  • Title Barbarian Play: Plautus' Roman Comedy
  • Author William S. Anderson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 196
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  • Date 1996-10-16
  • ISBN 9780802079411 / 0802079415
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 5.94 x 0.61 in (22.73 x 15.09 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
  • Dewey Decimal Code 872.01
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