Roman Comedy against the Subject

Abstract: 
  • Offers an expansive interpretation of plays of Roman comedy named after objects
  • Provides an original model of combining literary analysis with broad theoretical thinking
  • Pushes the study of objects and objecthood in antiquity in a strongly political direction, through engagement with queerness, neurodiversity, and Blackness
  • Revitalizes a theoretical approach to the big issues of author, genre, and character
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Publication date: 
October 28, 2025
Publication type: 
Book