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Plautus: Casina (Hardcover)
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Plautus: Casina (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions
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This is the first volume dedicated to Plautus' perennially popular
comedy Casina that analyses the play for a student audience and
assumes no knowledge of Latin. It launches a much-needed new series
of books, each discussing a comedy that survives from the ancient
world. Four chapters highlight the play's historical context,
themes, performance and reception, including its reflection of
recent societal trends in marriage and property ownership by women
after the Punic Wars, and its complex dynamics on stage. It is
ideal for students, but helpful also for scholars wanting a brief
introduction to the play. Casina pits a husband (Lysidamus) and
wife (Cleostrata) against each other in a struggle for control of a
16-year-old slave named Casina. Cleostrata cleverly plots to
frustrate the efforts of her lascivious elderly husband, staging a
cross-dressing 'marriage' that culminates in his complete
humiliation. The play provides rich insights into relationships
within the Roman family. This volume analyses how Casina addresses
such issues as women's status and property rights, the distribution
of power within a Roman household, and sexual violence, all within
a compellingly meta-comic framework from which Cleostrata emerges
as a surprising comic hero. It also examines the play's enduring
popularity and relevance.
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