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PLAUTUS: CASINA
by Plautus; W. Thomas MacCary & M. M. Willcock (Eds. )
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0521290228
- ISBN 13
- 9780521290227
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. 0521290228 . Light chipping to front wrap. Spine very lightly browned. Scholars' bookplate to half-title. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 241 pages; Plautus' Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a father and his son for the same girl and the various scurrilous tricks employed in the process, gives full scope to Plautus' inventiveness and richly comic language. The editors' aim is to establish the play as one of the liveliest of ancient comedies, and in their introduction and notes to make the reader continually aware of the conditions of an actual stage performance. They discuss the background and conventions of Roman comedy and by offering a complete metrical analysis they help the reader to appreciate the original musical structure of the play. The edition is intended primarily for use by students at school and university but will be of value to anyone interested in reading the play in the original. .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14779
- Title
- PLAUTUS: CASINA
- Author
- Plautus; W. Thomas MacCary & M. M. Willcock (Eds. )
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521290228
- ISBN 13
- 9780521290227
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0521290228, Plautus, Plays & Drama, Latin Literature, Classical Greek & Roman
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