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Titre(s) : Roman drama [Texte imprimé] : a reader / Gesine Manuwald
Publication : London : Duckworth, 2010
Description matérielle : xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction : overview of Roman drama ; Testimonia on Roman drama ; Dramatic texts
; Nachleben of Roman drama
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220)
Texts in Latin or English, with English translations
Roman drama is a genre of Latin literature that was influential both in the cultural
life of the ancient Romans and in the European theatre tradition. Plays of Plautus,
Terence and Seneca are still very well known today; yet there were numerous works
by other poets besides, though they survive only in fragmentary form. On the basis
of a selection of paradigmatic sample texts by a number of Roman dramatists, this
anthology provides a stimulating overview of the entire literary genre, including
its various subtypes (tragedy, praetexta, comedy, togata, mime) and its historical
development. To make these texts accessible to a wide readership, new English translations
(on facing pages) as well as introductions to the individual excerpts and to the general
context have been included. A selection of relevant testimonia provides information
about the cultural background to Roman drama and ancient views on this literary genre.
Paradigmatic extracts from dramas written in England between the sixteenth and twentieth
centuries illustrate the continuing influence of Roman plays. Thus this anthology
conveniently documents the history of an interesting and exciting literary genre from
its beginnings to the modern period. --Back Cover
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Manuwald, Gesine (1974-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Théâtre (genre littéraire) latin
Théâtre (genre littéraire) latin
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780715638699. - ISBN 0715638696 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb425274197
Notice n° :
FRBNF42527419
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