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Plautus: Aulularia
Walter Stockert
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Description for Plautus: Aulularia
Paperback. First new translation in 30 years and comprehensive commentary for over a century Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
The Aulularia is a comedy by the early poet Plautus (about 200 BCE) who transformed plays of Greek New Comedy, especially Menander, into typical Roman plays. Great interest lies in the imaginative metre and the archaic language of Plautus' work, whose 20 plays are the oldest substantial surviving documents in this language. This book focuses on the Aulularia, a brilliant piece of writing, containing comic scenes of great variety and one character (the old man Euclio), unmatched in surviving Latin drama for vivid presentation and effective development. The play raises very interesting questions ... Read more
The Aulularia is a comedy by the early poet Plautus (about 200 BCE) who transformed plays of Greek New Comedy, especially Menander, into typical Roman plays. Great interest lies in the imaginative metre and the archaic language of Plautus' work, whose 20 plays are the oldest substantial surviving documents in this language. This book focuses on the Aulularia, a brilliant piece of writing, containing comic scenes of great variety and one character (the old man Euclio), unmatched in surviving Latin drama for vivid presentation and effective development. The play raises very interesting questions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910572382
SKU
V9781910572382
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99-50
About Walter Stockert
Keith Maclennan was Head of Classics at Rugby School, England, from 1964 to 2000 Walter Stockert was Privatdozent at the University of Vienna from 1992 to 2010, and occupied the Latin chair at the University of Heidelberg for one term (1998-1999)
Reviews for Plautus: Aulularia
'It is a welcome aid to the study of a play which has some brilliant comic scenes and a problematic central character inviting discussion, has a rich afterlife in European literature, and poses tantalising questions over its lost ending.' J.C.B. Lowe, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This is a welcome book, the first commentary in English for just over a ... Read more