Comedy and the Rise of Rome
Author:   Matthew Leigh (, Fellow and Tutor in Classical Languages and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199266760


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 February 2004
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Matthew Leigh (, Fellow and Tutor in Classical Languages and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780199266760


ISBN 10:   019926676
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 February 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Plautus and Hannibal 3: The Captivi and the Paradoxes of Postliminium 4: City, Land, and Sea: New Comedy and the Discourse of Economies 5: Fatherhood and the Habit of Command: L. Aemilius Plautus and the Adelphoe 6:

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this book should be welcomed both for the contributions it makes to our understanding of this turbulent period in Republican history and for its eloquent insistence that we continue to examine and re-examine the relation between history and literature. Kathleen MacCarthy, Classical World Students and scholars of Roman comedy will consult this book with great profit. It sheds refreshing light on the texts of Plautus and Terence ... All the Latin and Greek passages are cited in full and translated accurately. The Journal of Classics Teaching


this book should be welcomed both for the contributions it makes to our understanding of this turbulent period in Republican history and for its eloquent insistence that we continue to examine and re-examine the relation between history and literature. Kathleen MacCarthy, Classical World Students and scholars of Roman comedy will consult this book with great profit. It sheds refreshing light on the texts of Plautus and Terence ... All the Latin and Greek passages are cited in full and translated accurately. The Journal of Classics Teaching


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Matthew Leigh is Fellow and Tutor in Classical Languages and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford

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