Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 350 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press July 31, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521459974
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521459976
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Book Dimensions:
7.8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 14.1 ounces
Product Review
"David Christenson has produced an great edition that deals effectively with the specifics of the text while providing a comprehensive introduction to the various elements of Plautine comedy. He offers a wealth of informationan great bibliography and indexon the whole the text has been very nicely produced." BMCR
Product Description
This is the first edition of Platus' Amphitruo to appear in English for approximately forty years. It contains introductory essays, Latin text and a line-by-line commentary. Students will find this an indispensable tool in reading and translating the play, which was enormously popular in antiquity and has inspired modern adaptations by Molière, Giraudoux and Harold Pinter, among others. Dr. Christenson makes use of both current critical approaches to theater and traditional classical scholarship to offer many new insights into this delightful comedy.