{"product_id":"plautus-cistellaria","title":"Plautus: Cistellaria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume is the first book-length introduction to Plautus’ \u003ci\u003eCistellaria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Jewelry Box\u003c\/i\u003e), offering an incisive overview for both students and scholars coming to it for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e This play is a story of young lovers defying social norms and disapproving parents in order to be together, featuring a memorable cast of characters and moments of both high humor and drama. This classic mistaken-identity plot includes witty interchanges and a lively conflict of values and ideals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on performance and cultural studies, gender and sexuality, and philology and intertextuality, Ariana Traill combines a lucid exploration of \u003ci\u003eCistellaria\u003c\/i\u003e's setting, characters, plot and themes, with detailed analyses of its literary and socio-cultural contexts. Readers are able to appreciate the play both as a literary artifact, with its attendant issues of generic conventions and variations, and language and imagery, and as a performance script written for a rich tradition of acting, singing and stage movement at Rome, with its conventional costumes, masks and venues. With its majority female line-up (seven of the twelve roles are female), \u003ci\u003eCistellaria\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unusual focus on women’s thoughts and feelings as they struggle for their economic and social existence, making it a fascinating source for the study of women and gender in ancient Rome. The play continues to cast a shadow in the western dramatic tradition through its history of reception and adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54657081803096,"sku":"9781350241787","price":82.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350241787_4e2cfffd-e864-48a6-8de6-60db7dfe71d3.jpg?v=1770914730","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/plautus-cistellaria","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}