Title The nature of Roman comedy : a study in popular entertainment / by George E. Duckworth

Published Princeton, N. J. : Princeton University Press, [1952] ©1952

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Description xiii, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Princeton paperbacks ; 244 Princeton paperbacks ; 244 Contents 1. Early Italian popular comedy--2. Greek comedy--3. The golden age of drama at Rome--4. Presentation and staging--5. Stage conventions and techniques--6. Theme and treatment--7. Methods of composition--8. Foreshadowing and suspense--9. Characters and characterization--10. Thought and moral tone--11. The comic spirit in character and situation--12. Language and style--13. Meter and song--14. The originality of Roman comedy--15. The influence of Plautus and Terence upon English comedy Notes Bibliography: p. 445-464 Bibliography Includes bibliography Subject Latin drama (Comedy) Latin drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism. Theater -- History -- To 500. Popular culture -- Rome. Theater -- Rome -- History. Theater -- Rome. SUBJECT Rome -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111034 LC no. 52007321 ISBN 0691013039

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