T. Macci Plauti Comoediae

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title T. Macci Plauti Comoediae
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl
By (author) Titus Maccius Plautus
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Classics
Series part Volume No. Volume 2
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:728
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 37
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781108015639
ClassificationsDewey:872.01
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 8 July 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The foundation for the modern study of Titus Maccius Plautus rests on this monumental four-volume edition, begun by the eminent German philologist Friedrich Ritschl and completed by his colleagues Gustav Loewe, Georg Goetz, and Fritz Schoell. Scrupulously edited from existing manuscripts, including the famed Ambrosian palimpsest, this edition offers valuable insights into the metrics, literary and historical contexts, and textual history of the Latin comedic playwright. Volume 2 (1881-1884) includes editions of Aulularia, Amphitryon, Mercator, Stichus, and Poenulus. Each play is provided with a thorough preface, analysing the work's structures and themes and explaining its reconstruction from manuscript. A central contribution to the study of Plautine drama, Ritschl's Comoediae is also a remarkable achievement of textual criticism, a model of nineteenth-century philology at its most ambitious.