Aulularia and other inversions of Plautus /

"Joannes Burmeister of Lüneburg (1576-1638) was among the greatest Neo-Latin poets of the German Baroque. His masterpieces, now mostly lost, are Christian ' inversions' of the classical Roman comedies of Plautus. With only minimal changes in language and none in meter, each transforms...

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Main Author:	Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638 (Author)
Other Authors:	Fontaine, Michael (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Latin German
Language Notes:	Text of Burmeister's Aulularia in Latin with English translation on facing pages. Fragments of Burmeister's Mater-Virgo primarily in Latin (some portions are in German) with English translation on facing pages. Introduction and notes in English.
Published:	Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2015]
Series:	Bibliotheca Latinitatis novae.
Subjects:	Burmeister, Joannes, > 1576-1638. Plautus, Titus Maccius > Adaptations. Latin drama, Medieval and modern > History and criticism. Plautus, Titus Maccius.