Slaves, Masters, and the Art of Authority in Plautine Comedy

ISBN: 9780691117850 出版年：2009 页码：244 McCarthy, Kathleen Princeton University Press

Preface ix Abbreviations and Conventions xiii CHAPTER I The Crowded House 3 Double Vision 7 Powerful Pleasures 17 The Art of Authority 29 CHAPTER II The Ties That Bind: Menaechmi 35 Rebellion Meets Reconciliation 40 The Cast of Characters 61 CHAPTER III Love's Labour's Lost: Casina 77 A Rake's (Lack of) Progress 84 Comic Husbands and Wives 115 CHAPTER IV A Kind of Wild Justice: Persa 122 The Three Faces of Toxilus 127 The Limits of Farce 158 CHAPTER V Truth Is the Best Disguise: Captivi 167 The Theater of Truth 180 In Dialogue with Farce 201 CONCLUSION The Slave's Image in the Master's Mind 211 Works Cited 215 Index of Plautine Passages 221 General Index 227