Roman Comedy

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43511-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 6 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 159 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Classical Poetry

This contribution by Gesine Manuwald provides an introduction to all varieties of ‘Roman comedy’, including primarily fabula palliata (‘New Comedy’, as represented by Plautus and Terence) as well as fabula togata, fabula Atellana, mimus and pantomimus. It examines the major developments in the establishment of these dramatic genres, their main characteristics, the performance contexts for them in Republican Rome, and their reception. The presentation of the key facts is accompanied by a description of the influential turns and recent trends in scholarship on Roman comedy. The essay is designed for scholars, teachers and (graduate) students who have some familiarity with Roman literature and are looking for (further) orientation in the area of Roman comedy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manuwald, Gesine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Roman Comedy

Gesine Manuwald

Abstract

Keywords

1 Introduction

2 Performance Contexts

3 Editions, Commentaries, and Translations

4 Surveys and Reference Works

5 Fabula palliata

6 Fabula togata

7 Fabula Atellana

8 Mimus / Planipes

9 Pantomimus

10 Reception of Roman Comedy

11 Conclusions

Bibliography

Editions, Commentaries, Translations

Secondary Literature

Über Autor(innen)

Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London (UCL). Her research interests include Roman drama, Roman epic, Roman oratory and the reception of the classical world especially in Neo-Latin literature; she has published widely on all these areas.