The Nature of Roman Comedy: A Study in Popular Entertainment
by Duckworth, George E
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1952. This history of Roman comedy is primarily a study of the work of two comic poets, Plautus and Terence; it examines the background and history of Roman comedy, the staging and presentation of the plays, the nature of the comedies, including stage conventions, plot structures, suspense and irony, delineation of character, moral tone of the plays, humor in situation, character and language, the originality of the authors and their relation to the Greek originals, their influence on later comedy in the 16th and 17th centuries; includes illustrations (dark red cloth with silver lettering, ends of spine slightly creased, foredge has light foxing; yellow dustjacket with brown lettering is slightly shelfworn; otherwise a good, clean, tight copy). Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- House of Our Own Books (US)
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- 003127
- Title
- The Nature of Roman Comedy: A Study in Popular Entertainment
- Author
- Duckworth, George E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- NOAMZ NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary History;
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