-The works of Plautus, - writes Palmer Bovie, -mark the real beginning of Roman literature.- In these lively new translations, which effectively communicate the vitality and verve of the originals, the plays of Plautus are accessible to a new generation.
Plays and translators:
Volume 1: Amphitryon, Constance Carrier. Miles Gloriosus, Erich Segal. Captivi, Richard Moore. Casina, Richard Beacham. Curculio, Henry Taylor
-The works of Plautus, - writes Palmer Bovie, -mark the real beginning of Roman literature.- Now Bovie and David Slavitt have brought together a distinguished group of translators for the final two volumes of a four-volume set containing all twenty-one surviving comedies of one of Western literature's greatest dramatists.
Born in Sarsina, Umbria, in 254 B.C., Plautus is said to have worked in Rome as a stage carpenter and later as a miller's helper. Whether authentic or not, these few details about the playwright's life are consistent with the image of him one might infer from his...
-The works of Plautus, - writes Palmer Bovie, -mark the real beginning of Roman literature.- Now Bovie and David Slavitt have brought together a di...
