Product Description

'We certainly need in English a book devoted to Plautus alone and here we have it.' Phoenix This reissue of virtually the only book in English devoted to the work of the Roman comedy writer Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) includes a new preface and additional appendices covering the plays Amphitryon and Captivi.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150438 in Books
• Published on: 1987-07-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 316 pages

Customer Reviews

Groundbreaking
One of the first put that diverted scholarly attention from Plautus' adaptation techniques to his literary and theatrical merits as an autonomous object of study. Segal relies heavily on a Freudian approach to Comedy, which now seems decidedly dated, as well as a rather schematic view of the differences between Greek and Roman societies. His idea, nonetheless, that Greek comedies represented an anti-Rome, which helped as a locus of subversion, albeit momentarily, is extremely interesting, although one would wish that it were more politicised, as far as imperialist culture and the appropriation of Greek paideia is concerned.