Theatrum Arbitri: Theatrical Elements in the Satyrica of Petronius

by Costas Panayotakis

Theatrum Arbitri is a literary study dealing with the possible influence of Roman comic drama (comedies of Plautus and Terence, theatre of the Greek and Roman mimes, and fabula Atellana) on the surviving fragments of Petronius' Satyrica.
The theatrical assessment of this novel is carried out at the levels of plot-construction, characterization, language, and reading of the text as if it were the narrative equivalent of a farcical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004102299
• ISBN13: 9789004102293
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.7"