Three comedies
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Author
Contributions
- Smith, Peter L. 1933- - Contributor
Publication
1991 - Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
78,500 words, Guess
Page Count
314 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1880813M
- ISBN-100801423554
- OCLC Control Number22003603
- OCLC Control Numberthreecomedies00plau_0
- Library of Congress Control Number90041383
and 2 more
- LibraryThing6537258
- Goodreads2223135
Classifications
- DDC872/.01
- LCCPA6570.A3 S65 1991
Description
"The special genius of the Roman comic poet Plautus is the wedding of native Italian farce with the mature and polished constructions of Greek comedy. The three plays translated in this book all contain that almost inevitable kernel of Greek comic plot: the love affair. But they have little else in common. In the first, a self-inflating soldier tries to live up to his image of himself as a lover. In the second, a beautiful maiden is rescued from an evil pimp. And in the third, an ill-starred husband fancies himself in love with his wife's young housemaid. Clever, or at least ambitious, slaves tend to move the action, in which the rudeness of farce merges with exuberant wit, satire, and parody."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genres
- Translations into English.
Series Statement
- Masters of Latin literature
Other Editions
- Three comedies
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