Plautus: Casina by Plautus
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.
David Christenson (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona. He is the author of several books including Roman Comedy: Five Plays by Plautus and Terence and Plautus: Casina, Amphitryon, Captivi, Pseudolus, both for Focus Publishing. In 2011-12, he will be a Loeb Classical Library Foundation Fellow.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521290227 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521290228 |
| Title | Plautus: Casina |
| Author | Plautus |
| Series | Cambridge Greek And Latin Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1976-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |