Plautine Elements in Plautus

by Eduard Fraenkel, Frances Muecke, Tomas Drevikovsky

Overview

Eduard Fraenkel was one of the most influential classicists of the twentieth century. His Plautine Elements in Plautus (originally published in German in 1922) revolutionized the study of Roman comedy. It is still essential reading for students and scholars of Plautus. This translation makes it accessible to an English-speaking readership for the first time. All Latin and Greek is translated, thus making the work available to a wider audience consisting of all those interested in Roman drama. The book includes a translation of the Addenda to the Italian translation published in 1960. The English translation is prefaced by an essay which gives an introduction to developments in Plautine scholarship since 1960.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199249107
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/08/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

The late Eduard Fraenkel was Corpus Christi Professor of Latin, University of Oxford, 1935-53. Frances Muecke is Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Sydney. Tomas Drevikovsky is Modern Languages Master, Sydney Grammar School.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Comparative openings of speeches2. Transformation and identification motifs3. Mythological material4. Animating the inanimate5. Expansion of the dialogue6. Expansion of monologues7. Implausibility in conversations8. The predominance of the slave's role9. ‘Contaminated' plays10. The nature and origins of the cantica11. Plautus as a poet