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Verlag: University of California Press. 12.12.2005., 2005
ISBN 10: 0520242750ISBN 13: 9780520242753
Anbieter: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Deutschland
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Broschiert / Paperback. Zustand: Gut. XIV, 288 Seiten / p. examination copy, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / very good condition - Still funny after two thousand years, the Roman playwright Plautus wrote around 200 B.C.E., a period when Rome was fighting neighbors on all fronts including North Africa and the Near East. These three plays - originally written for a wartime audience of refugees, POWs, soldiers and veterans, exiles, immigrants, people newly enslaved in the wars, and citizens - tap into the mix of fear, loathing, and curiosity with which cultures, particularly Western and Eastern societies, often view each other, always a productive source of comedy. These accessible translations have replaced terms meaningful only to their original audience with an inspired sampling of American popular culture - from songs to movie stars to slang. Matching the original Latin line for line, this volume captures the full exuberance of Plautus's street language, bursting with puns, learned allusions, ethnic slurs, dirty jokes, and profanities, as it brings three rarely translated works - Weevil ( Curculio ) , Iran Man ( Persa ) , and Towelheads ( Poentdtis ) - to a wide contemporary audience. ISBN 9780520242753 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 405.