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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Bibliotheca Latinitatis novae
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Bibliotheca Latinitatis novae.
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"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 Plautus' s pagan plays into comedies based on biblical themes. Fascinating in their own right, they also bring back to attention forgotten genres of Renaissance literature. This volume offers the first critical edition of the newly discovered 'Aulularia' (1629), which exists in a sole copy, and the fragments of 'Mater-Virgo' (1621), which adapts Plautus' s 'Amphitryo' to show the Nativity of Jesus. The introduction offers reconstructions of 'Susanna' (based on 'Casina') and 'Asinaria' (1625), his two lost or unpublished inversions of Plautus. Fontaine also provides the only biography of Burmeister based on archival sources, along with discussions of his inimitable Latinity and the perilous context of war and witch burning in which Burmeister wrote. Burmeister's inversions bear witness to the special talent of his age for the creative reworking of classical literature, such as Monteverdi's 'Poppea' or Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas', as well as to his tumultuous times, with his views on military abuses in the Thirty Years War prefiguring those of Grimmelshausen's 'Simplicius Simplicissimus'."-- Publisher description. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-258) and indexes. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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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. |
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Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638.
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Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638. |
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Plautus, Titus Maccius -- Adaptations.
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Plautus, Titus Maccius. |
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Adaptations.
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Latin drama, Medieval and modern -- History and criticism.
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Latin drama, Medieval and modern. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Drama.
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Drama.
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Adaptations.
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Fontaine, Michael, editor, translator.
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Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638.
Aulularia.
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Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638.
Aulularia. English.
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Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638.
Mater-Virgo.
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Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638.
Mater-Virgo. English.
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Plays. Selections
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Print version: Burmeister, Joannes, 1576-1638, author. Plays. Selections. Aulularia and other inversions of Plautus 9789461661791 (OCoLC)903804290 |
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9789461661791 electronic book |
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9461661797 electronic book |
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9789462700086 |
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9462700087 |
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