Plautus: Poenulus by Thomas Biggs - 9781350379060

Plautus: PoenulusAuthor(s): Thomas Biggs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350379060, 978-1350379060\nSynopsis\nPlautus Poenulus (The Little Carthaginian) is a work of staggering literary and\nhistorical significance. Performed in the long shadow of Romes struggle with\nHannibals Carthage, this play stages the restoration of a Carthaginian family\ndivided through enslavement. Set against the backdrop of a Greece marked by\ncomedic expectations and the geography of contemporary imperial conquest,\nPoenulus presents a tale of Carthaginian heartbreak and heartache to a postwar\nRoman audience. The comedys remarkable diversity prompts audience\ninteraction with a wide range of socio-cultural topics relevant to Plautus time.\nEngaging weighty matters through song, slapstick, puns, and spectacle, Poenulus\nmay appear to defang, but its bite is deep.\n\nThis book offers an innovative understanding of Poenulus .