Slave theater in the Roman Republic : Plautus and popular comedy / Amy Richlin (University of Califo...
Slave theater in the Roman Republic : Plautus and popular comedy / Amy Richlin (University of Califo...
Slave theater in the Roman Republic : Plautus and popular comedy / Amy Richlin (University of California, Los Angeles).
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2020/1757
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 563 pages : map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
History and theory -- Part I. What Was Given -- The body at the bottom -- Singing for your supper -- Part II. What Was Desired -- Getting even -- Looking like a slave-woman -- Telling without saying -- Remembering the way back -- Escape -- Conclusions : from stage to rebellion.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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"Roman comedy evolved early in the war-torn 200s BCE. Troupes of lower-class and slave actors traveled through a militarized landscape full of displaced persons and the newly enslaved; together, the actors made comedy to address mixed-class, hybrid, multilingual audiences. Surveying the whole of the Plautine corpus, where slaves are central figures...
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Slave theater in the Roman Republic : Plautus and popular comedy / Amy Richlin (University of California, Los Angeles).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-532) and indexes.
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©2017
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G 2020/1757
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74VKaDramqpZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDramqpZ
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ISBN
9781107152311
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792.093709014
MMS ID
991024298611102626
