Gesine Manuwald
Author of Roman republican theatre
About the Author
Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London (UCL). Her research interests include Roman drama, Roman epic, Roman oratory and the reception of the classical world especially in Neo-Latin literature. She has published widely on all these areas.
Works by Gesine Manuwald
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The Oxford Handbook of Pre-Roman Italy (1000--49 BCE) (Oxford Handbooks) (2024) — Contributor — 8 copies
Brill's Companion to Propertius (Brill's Companions in Classical Studies) (2006) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes (2015) — Contributor — 6 copies
Geography, topography, landscape : configurations of space in Greek and Roman epic (2013) — Contributor — 4 copies
Studien zu Petron und seiner Rezeption = Studi su Petronio e sulla sua fortuna (2007) — Contributor — 4 copies
Style in Latin Poetry (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 159) (2024) — Contributor — 2 copies
Intratextuality and Latin Literature (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Book 69) (2018) — Contributor — 2 copies
Dionysus and Rome: Religion and Literature (Issn) (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes) (2019) — Contributor — 2 copies
Cicero in Basel: Locating Classical Reception in a Humanist City (CICERO, 10) (2024) — Contributor — 1 copy
Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 103) (2021) — Contributor — 1 copy
Reading Cicero’s Final Years : Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century – with two Epilogues (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
Gender studies in den Altertumswissenschaften : Aspekte von Macht und Erotik in der Antike (2010) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Publisher's description:Theatre flourished in the Roman Republic, from the tragedies of Ennius and Pacuvius to the comedies of Plautus and Terence and the mimes of Laberius. Yet apart from the surviving plays of Plautus and Terence the sources are fragmentary and difficult to interpret and contextualise. This book provides a comprehensive history of all aspects of the topic, incorporating recent findings and modern approaches. It discusses the origins of Roman drama and the historical, show more social and institutional backgrounds of all the dramatic genres to be found during the Republic (tragedy, praetexta, comedy, togata, Atellana, mime and pantomime).
Possible general characteristics are identified, and attention is paid to the nature of and developments in the various genres. The clear structure and full bibliography also ensure that the book has value as a source of reference for all upper-level students and scholars of Latin literature and ancient drama.
- The first modern single-volume history of the whole spectrum of Republican drama at Rome
- Discusses developments and the connections between the various dramatic genres, poets and contexts
- The clear subdivision and presentation of the material and the full bibliography make this volume an invaluable reference tool.
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