| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 110 pages) |
| Summary |
This book provides a theoretical and philosophical framework for the analysis of Plautus within a performative and philosophical perspective on language and theatrical performance. The book offers an insightful understanding of Plautus' texts as more than simple literary remains of "archaic" Latin literature, but as witnesses of a process of using language to perform an entire world through the recognition of the power of language itself as a creative and constitutive agent of theatrical codification and variation of its own rules and conventions. The analyses of several of Plautus' plays are |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 22, 2015) |
| Subject |
Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Plautus, Titus Maccius fast |
| Subject |
Latin drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
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Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500.
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Latin drama (Comedy)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443884419 |
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1443884413 |
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