A commentary on Plautus' Curculio

• Verfasst von: Gellar-Goad, T. H. M. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: A commentary on Plautus' Curculio
• Verf.angabe: T.H.M. Gellar-Goad
• Verlagsort: Ann Arbor [Michigan]
• Verlag: University of Michigan Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: october 2024
• Umfang: XII, 231 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Michigan classical commentaries
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 211-223
• Schrift/Sprache: Originaltext lateinisch
• ISBN: 978-0-472-07706-9
• ISBN: 978-0-472-05706-1
• Schlagwörter: (t)Plautus, Titus Maccius / Curculio
• Dokumenttyp: Kommentar
• Sprache: eng lat
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Gellar-Goad, T. H. C: Commentary on Plautus' Curculio. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024 |(DLC)2024024786
• RVK-Notation: FX 105245
• K10plus-PPN: 1893043223

Abstract

Lively and critically aware, T. H. M. Gellar-Goad's A Commentary on Plautus' Curculio is the new reference text on the play. Curculio follows the efforts of the title character to trick a sex-trafficker into handing over an enslaved woman to the young man infatuated with her instead of to the soldier who's paid for her-and will turn out to be her long-lost brother. As Plautus' shortest comedy, Curculio has proven to be a desirable text for university performances. The play exemplifies Plautus' style, with a blend of erotic, deception, and recognition plotlines, plus a wide range of archetypal characters. Gellar-Goad's commentary is the complete package, with introductions to themes, content, humor, meter, and syntax; notes on matters of performance, interpretation, and social history; and a text with aids to scansion and clarifying stage directions. This up-to-date, authoritative commentary on the play will prove useful to directors and actors and will readily introduce students to the joys of Roman comedy