The Rope and Other Plays - Couverture souple

Plautus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140441360 ISBN 13 : 9780140441369

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Softback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a study copy only. The Rope, Amphitryo, The Ghost, A Three-Dollar Day

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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

À propos de cette édition

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