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Allusioni plautine ne «Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei» di Edward Bulwer-Lytton

2021

This note presents the summary and the analysis of citations, allusions and references to Plautus’s comedies in «The Last Days of Pompeii» by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. From the analysis here conducted it emerges that the English writer used Plautus for precise purposes, for ironic and satirical resolutions, appropriately contextualizing the allusions to Plautus within the plot of the novel.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Last Days of Pompeii Historical Novel Plautus Classical TraditionSettore L-FIL-LET/05 - Filologia ClassicaSettore L-FIL-LET/04 - Lingua E Letteratura Latina
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