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The Rope and Other Plays - Couverture souple

Plautus

 
9780140441369: The Rope and Other Plays
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0140441360 ISBN 13 : 9780140441369
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254 -184 bc ) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard characters that were to influence the comedies of Shakespeare, Molière and many others. In The Ghost, a dissolute son who has squandered his father's money is thrown into disarray when he returns from abroad, a theme that is explored further in the comedy of errors A Three-Dollar Day. In The Rope - regarded by many as the best of Plautus' plays - the shipwreck of a pimp and his slaves leads to the touching reunion of a father and his daughter, while Amphitryo, Plautus's only excursion into divine mythology, offers a cheerful account of how Jupiter became father to Hercules.

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À propos de l'auteur

TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c. 254-184 B.C.)

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0140441360
ISBN 13 
9780140441369
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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