The Dramatic Values in Plautus - by Wilton Wallace Blancké
by Wilton W. Blancké
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About this eBook
- Author
- Blancké, Wilton W. (Wilton Wallace), 1884-1949
- Title
- The Dramatic Values in Plautus
- Credits
- Produced by Distributed Proofreaders
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
- Subject
- Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Technique
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 9970
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9970
- Release Date
- February 1, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.University of Pennsylvania — The Dramatic Values in Plautus
- 3.Wilton Wallace Blancké, A.M., Ph.D. — Professor of Latin in the Central High School of Philadelphia — A Thesis — Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
- 4.Foreword
- 5.Part 1 — A Résumé of the Criticism and of the Evidence Relating to the Acting of Plautus — Introduction — §1. Critics of Plautus — §2. The Performance
- 6.Part II — An Analysis of the Dramatic Values in Plautus — I. Machinery Characteristic of the Lower Types of Modern Drama — A. Devices self-evident from the text. — B. Devices absurd and inexplicable unless interpreted in a broad farcical spirit. — II. Evidences of Loose Composition Which Prove a Disregard of Technique and Hence Indicate that Entertainment Was the Sole Aim — A. Solo speeches and passages . — B. Inconsistencies and carelessness of composition .
- 7.In Conclusion
- 8.Footnotes
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