Noblesse Oblige: Charity and Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago, 1849-1929

McCarthy, Kathleen

History

Univ of Chicago Pr

A variety of games, quizes, and puzzles aid in learning how to use a clock to tell time

My First Book of Telling Time: Grades 1-3 (Questron Electronic Books)

Children's Books

Random House Childrens Books

Robots are featured in a variety of puzzles, quizes, mazes, and games

My Robot Book: Grades 1-3 (Questron Electronic Books)

What pleasures did Plautus' heroic tricksters provide their original audience? How should we understand the compelling mix of rebellion and social conservatism that Plautus offers? Through a close reading of four plays representing the full range of his work (Menaechmi, Casina, Persa, and Captivi), Kathleen McCarthy develops an innovative model of Plautine comedy and its social effects. She concentrates on how the plays are shaped by the interaction of two comic modes: the socially conservative mode of naturalism and the potentially subversive mode of farce. It is precisely this balance of the naturalistic and the farcical that allows everyone in the audience--especially those well placed in the social hierarchy--to identify both with and against the rebel, to feel both the thrill of being a clever underdog and the complacency of being a securely ensconced authority figure.
 Basing her interpretation on the workings of farce and naturalism in Plautine comedy, McCarthy finds a way to understand the plays' patchwork literary style as well as their protean social effects. Beyond this, she raises important questions about popular literature and performance not only on ancient Roman stages but in cultures far from Plautus' Rome. How and why do people identify with the fictional figures of social subordinates? How do stock characters, happy endings, and other conventions operate? How does comedy simultaneously upset and uphold social hierarchies? Scholars interested in Plautine theater will be rewarded by the detailed analyses of the plays, while those more broadly interested in social and cultural history will find much that is useful in McCarthy's new way of grasping the elusive ideological effects of comedy.

Slaves, Masters, and the Art of Authority in Plautine Comedy

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Princeton University Press

What pleasures did Plautus' heroic tricksters provide their original audience? How should we understand the compelling mix of rebellion and social conservatism that Plautus offers? Through a close reading of four plays representing the full range of his work (Menaechmi, Casina, Persa, and Captivi), Kathleen McCarthy develops an innovative model of Plautine comedy and its social effects. She concentrates on how the plays are shaped by the interaction of two comic modes: the socially conservative mode of naturalism and the potentially subversive mode of farce. It is precisely this balance of the naturalistic and the farcical that allows everyone in the audience--especially those well placed in the social hierarchy--to identify both with and against the rebel, to feel both the thrill of being a clever underdog and the complacency of being a securely ensconced authority figure.
 Basing her interpretation on the workings of farce and naturalism in Plautine comedy, McCarthy finds a way to understand the plays' patchwork literary style as well as their protean social effects. Beyond this, she raises important questions about popular literature and performance not only on ancient Roman stages but in cultures far from Plautus' Rome. How and why do people identify with the fictional figures of social subordinates? How do stock characters, happy endings, and other conventions operate? How does comedy simultaneously upset and uphold social hierarchies? Scholars interested in Plautine theater will be rewarded by the detailed analyses of the plays, while those more broadly interested in social and cultural history will find much that is useful in McCarthy's new way of grasping the elusive ideological effects of comedy.

Dramas & Plays

Lady Bountiful Revisited: Women, Philanthropy, and Power

Women, Philanthropy, and Power

Americas

Rutgers University Press

Mental Health Practice for Community Nurses

Harris, Ann C.

Medical Books

Springer Pub. Co

Crazy Creatures: A Funny Fingers Book

Walley, Dean

PRICE/STERN/SLOAN

Sebastion Merrick, a notorious rogue, and Isabelle Saint-Simon, the sister of the man he believes is responsible for his cousin's death, form a tentative alliance to find the truth, a search that leads them into a dangerous world of intrigue, passion, and greed, where they are torn between love and family loyalty. Original.

A Treasure to Hold

Romance

Historical

Leisure Books

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