Plautus Menaechmi [Paperback]

Dr Gratwick's new book brings new light to bear on the interpretation of Menaechmi and on Plautus's place in the development of European comedy.This edition of one of Plautus' most entertaining comedies provides a newly-constituted text, a commentary to help students with language and context, and an introduction which sheds new light on the play's interpretation as well as Plautus' place in the development of European comedy.This edition of one of Plautus' most entertaining comedies provides a newly-constituted text, a commentary to help students with language and context, and an introduction which sheds new light on the play's interpretation as well as Plautus' place in the development of European comedy.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.Introduction: 1. The genre; 2. This play; 3. The MSS and the transmission; 4. Scanning and reading Plautus' verse; T. Macci Plavti Menaechnu; Commentary; Appendices. The commentary is lengthy and detailed. Teachers and graduate students will want to consult this edition.... Religious Studies Review The commentary is lengthy and detailed. Teachers and graduate students will want to consult this edition.... Religious Studies Review Professional classicists will be impressed not just by the quantity of information presented on its pages, but by the quality and originality of the author's scholarship, the amount of painstaking labor that he has invested in every sophisticated analysis, and thlS8