[PDF] Women In Roman Republican Drama eBook

Author : Dorota Dutsch
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0299303144

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About the role of women in Roman Republican plays of all genres, and about the role of gender in the influence of this on later dramatists

Author : Domenico Lovascio
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1501514202

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Roman Women in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries explores the crucial role of Roman female characters in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. While much has been written on male characters in the Roman plays as well as on non-Roman women in early modern English drama, very little attention has been paid to the issues of what makes Roman women ‘Roman’ and what their role in those plays is beyond their supposed function as supporting characters for the male protagonists. Through the exploration of a broad array of works produced by such diverse playwrights as Samuel Brandon, William Shakespeare, Matthew Gwynne, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Thomas May, and Nathaniel Richards under three such different monarchs as Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, Roman Women in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries contributes to a more precise assessment of the practices through which female identities were discussed in literature in the specific context of Roman drama and a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which accounts of Roman women were appropriated, manipulated and recreated in early modern England.

Author : Amy Richlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1107152313

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Brings the voices of Roman slaves in early comedy to the history of theater and the history of slavery.

Author : Martin T. Dinter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1009327755

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Explores how cultural memory theory intersects with the literature, politics, history, and archaeology of Republican and Augustan Rome.

Author : Matthew Dillon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1317391349

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This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the political, military, and social history of ancient Rome from the earliest days of the Republic to its collapse and the subsequent foundations of the empire established by Augustus prior to his death in AD 14. Interspersed through the discussion of the political history of the period are crucial chapters on all aspects of Roman culture, including women, religion, slavery and manumission, overseas conquests and their impact, and life in the city of Rome, giving students a full understanding of republican society, culture, and politics. With over 130 maps, illustrations, and photographs, The Ancient Romans is lavishly illustrated, with a particular emphasis on coins as a valuable historical resource. It also closely references the authors’ sourcebook, Ancient Rome: Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus, second edition, allowing students to engage with the documentary evidence and written sources in a deep and meaningful way. The Ancient Romans: History and Society from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus is an indispensable resource for undergraduate students of the Roman Republic and its society and culture, as well as offering a comprehensive and compelling introduction for the interested reader.

Author : Coppélia Kahn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 29,91 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1134937628

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The first full-length study of Shakespeare's Roman plays offers fresh, detailed readings and identifies new sources which are analyzed from a historical feminist perspective.

Author : Matthew Loar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1108418422

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An interdisciplinary exploration of Roman cultural appropriation, offering new insights into the processes through which Rome made and remade itself.

Author : David Christenson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1350020559

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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.