Plautus: Menaechmi (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521349703)

Plautus' comedy Menaechmi was the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. In this edition Dr. Gratwick provides a newly constituted text, a commentary for students giving help with language and context, and an introduction that sheds new light on the interpretation of the play and on Plautus' place in the development of European comedy. Central to Dr. Gratwick's treatment is an analysis of the various meters employed by Plautus, which challenges many conventional views but also offers the student practical assistance with the technical problems involved.

Author: Plautus
ISBN-10: 0521349702
ISBN-13: 9780521349703
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/03/1993
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.28h x 4.92w x 0.69d