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Laughing awry : Plautus and tragicomedy
'Laughing Awry' offers a comprehensive overview of key themes in the interpretation of the plays of Plautus, and explores the connections between deception, desire, slavery, genre, and audience. It attempts to offer an account of the mechanisms of Plautus' humour and the uncomfortable...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
: Oxford University Press
, 2015
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198729303.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Erik Gunderson |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | 'Laughing Awry' offers a comprehensive overview of key themes in the interpretation of the plays of Plautus, and explores the connections between deception, desire, slavery, genre, and audience. It attempts to offer an account of the mechanisms of Plautus' humour and the uncomfortable origins of laughter |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 9780191796227 |
