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T. Macci Plauti Comoediae 2 Part Set

T. Macci Plauti Comoediae 2 Part Set

T. Macci Plauti Comoediae 2 Part Set

Volume 3:
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl
Titus Maccius Plautus
July 2010
3
Multiple copy pack
9781108015660
£77.99
GBP
Multiple copy pack
2 Paperback books

    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 Schöll. 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 3 (1886–1889) contains editions of Bacchides, Captivi, Rudens, Pseudolus, and Menaechmi. 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.

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    July 2010
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108015660
    976 pages
    325 × 250 × 68 mm
    1.4kg
    Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint

    Table of Contents

    • Bacchides edited by Friedrich Ritschl, revised by Georg Goetz
    • Captivi edited by Fritz Schöll
    • Rudens edited by Fritz Schöll
    • Pseudolus edited by Friedrich Ritschl, revised by Georg Goetz
    • Menaechmi edited by Friedrich Ritschl, revised by Fritz Schöll.
      Contributors
    • Friedrich Ritschl, Georg Goetz, Fritz Schöll

    • Editor
    • Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl
    • Titus Maccius Plautus