{"product_id":"plautus-cistellaria-hardcover","title":"Plautus: Cistellaria - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriana Traill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eC. W. Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNiall W. Slater\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAriana Traill \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in the Department of the Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43698603950215,"sku":"9781350241787","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/PL88rYYe1E9781350241787.webp?v=1767462916","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/plautus-cistellaria-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}