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Plautus Menaechmi

By Gilbert Lawall

Plautus Menaechmi Contemporary literature

Plautus Menaechmi

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Plautus' Menaechmi Gilbert Lawall and Betty Nye Quinn Description Easily the best known of Plautus' plays, Menaechmi's popularity has rested on its broad farcical humor and exuberant dialogue. This edition aims to make a first reading the enjoyable experience it was meant to be. Designed to offer a first reading of Plautus to third-semester college or second- or third-year high school Latinists, this book's approach to vocabulary is to include places and familiar words in a general vocabulary at the end of the book, while new words are displayed opposite the text. Features Introduction Full, unadapted Latin text with macrons of Menaechmi (1162 lines) with added stage directions Facing-page vocabulary and grammatical notes Argumentum in English Plots the action Questions on interpretation of scenes Bibliography Vocabulary of words prescribed by the second-year College Boards Examination, not glossed in the notes Reviews and Comments Plautus' Menaechmi, edited by Gilbert Lawall and Betty Nye Quinn and now in its second edition, sets out to make Plautus attainable and enjoyable for sixth formers and first year undergraduates. The format is admirable: vocabularies face the text, which is interrupted from time to time to admit stage directions, and notes on language and on essential background are placed with the vocabulary, while occasional questions about the play and about wider issues of social life (e.g., 889ff., "Is this scene a burlesque of the fashionable doctor or is it a straight portrayal of an important professional? What is the status of the doctor in this period?") are set at the foot of the relevant page. All this, together with the detailed summary of the plot which ends the introduction, should ensure that a tiro reads accurately enough to please the strictest teacher and fluently enough not to lose sight of the plot and the humour. R. Perry This new edition is intended for second-year Latinists . . .
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
200
Release Date:
1981-06-01
Publication Date:
1981-06-01
Publisher:
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
Languages:
Published: Latin, Original: English
ISBN10:
0865160074
Weight:
1050 g
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